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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8198309, member: 57495&quot;]Wonderful example of a type I don&#039;t have yet, Donna.&nbsp; The centering of the reverse, as you pointed out, is fantastic!</p><p><br /></p><p>Dioscuri on two provincials...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436277[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 23.36g, 34.1mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 2 (AD 138/9). RPC Online Temp #14776 (6 spec.); Emmett 1652 (R5); Geissen 1299 . O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС ƐVСƐΒ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: L Β, draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, facing front; on either side, the Dioskuroi, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned towards bust, holding spears and whips. </p><p>Notes: Extremely rare type; unique to Antoninus Pius, and only struck in this year. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436278[/ATTACH]<b>MAXIMUS</b></p><p>AE29. 9.54g, 29.1mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Tomis, circa AD 235-238. Varbanov 5513 (R4). O: Γ IOYΛ OYHP MAΞIMOC KAIC ΓEP, barehead, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: MHTPO ΠONTOY TOMEΩC, Dioskuroi reclining left, side by side, heads facing, right one holding patera, left one resting on rock; each with star above forehead; ∆ in left field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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