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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4490234, member: 19463&quot;]Alexandrian coins are a specialty where it is hard to be too picky about condition.&nbsp; There are thousands of types including hundreds that are so rare that the entire extant population will fit in one hand.&nbsp; Serious specialists get over &#039;condition snobbery&#039; out of necessity and are happy to have coins that are worn but still legible enough that there is no doubt what the coin is (including the date).&nbsp; When there is one of something known, the best available is not guaranteed to be Fine.&nbsp; These coins circulated in daily commerce.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Trajan is lovely.&nbsp; My best guess, and nothing more, is a flipover doublestrike.&nbsp; Drachms of the period tend to have a cup shape to the flan that I don&#039;t see in the photo. While there are other possibilities, this is consistent with a coin struck over another or itself with the opposite side up. Who here can show any Alexandrian coins with striking errors?&nbsp; I can&#039;t. There may not be enough to make a study of the subject.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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