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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2704358, member: 56859&quot;]Congratulations, they&#039;re gorgeous!&nbsp; I did watch that part of the auction with interest and considered your lot.&nbsp; Glad it went to a CT&#039;er <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did pick up one of the Gemini ex-museum/ex-Dattari lots but will wait until it arrives to post.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t one of the very active bidders in that auction, only dropping bids on a handful of lots and winning only one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, here&#039;s a Gallienus tetradrachm.&nbsp; It won&#039;t win any beauty pageants (although the portrait is nice) but it does have a notable pedigree. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_512%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg%26hash%3D5730e6ddcf6e13906e771a9c3338765e&amp;hash=52cd0d945f70aaa6aae87376c055c9f2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus</b></p><p>year 13, CE 265/6</p><p>tetradrachm, 21 mm, 9.1 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: AVTKΠΛIKΓAΛΛIHNOCCEB; eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ across field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3806(13), R1</p><p><i>Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection</a></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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