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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8238596, member: 26430&quot;]My &quot;coin that killed Caesar&quot; became one of the &quot;coins stuck at Frankfurt&quot; along with hundreds of others from a certain German auction last year, through no fault of their own, when a public health crisis shut down international shipping. I think it took 5 or 6 months to arrive in the USA?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449823[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>On the topic of Elpis &amp; Alexandria... </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one I may give a full post to, since I&#039;m rather excited about it. CNG and RPC had it listed as the &quot;second known specimen,&quot; but it was, in fact, the Dattari specimen (and only known, not included in Dattar&#039;s 1901, so first published in 1999).</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the size of Alexandrian coinage, though, there are a lot of those, so it can take a bit more to make it interesting: This is the first Elpis coinage in the name of Severus Alexander by 3 years -- though there was a <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10376" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10376" rel="nofollow">matching Julia Mamaea Elpis Tetradrachm for Year 7</a> (as with years 10-13).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449827[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH]1449828[/ATTACH] </p><blockquote><p><b>Roman Provincial. Egypt, Alexandria. Severus Alexander Billon Tetradrachm</b> (24mm, 12.44g, 12h). Struck 227/8 CE (Regnal Year 7).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Α ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ϹƐΥ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: L – Z (date). Elpis standing left, holding flower in her right hand, raising skirt with her left.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Published</b>: Dattari-Savio (1999, 2007) 12335 / 9892bis (this coin illustrated) = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10362" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10362" rel="nofollow">RPC VI Temp 10362 (this coin illustrated online) </a>= Emmet 3101 (7), pp. 153 &amp; 254 (this coin cited).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance</b>: Ex-Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) Collection; Ex-Harlan J. Berk w/ ticket &amp; inventory no. (cc33653, no date); ex-unknown dealer tag with price &amp; inventory nos. (779 - HZHQANUSB, no date –if anyone <a href="https://imgur.com/U5PectT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://imgur.com/U5PectT" rel="nofollow">recognizes it</a>, please let me know!); ex-CNG e-Auction 505 (1 Dec 2021), Lot 361 (erroneously described as 2nd known, after Dattari); ex-Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian Coins.</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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