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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3267517, member: 56859&quot;]Well, I am just <b>blown away</b>.&nbsp; <b>Flabbergasted</b>.&nbsp; <b>Stunned</b>.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Whoever sent this... it is <i>far</i> too generous!&nbsp; I sincerely appreciate the gift and it will always have a special place in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to giggle about the &quot;Open once you have attributed the coin&quot; note.&nbsp; It took about a nanosecond to attribute it... I was the underbidder at its last auction appearance <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really, you shouldn&#039;t have.&nbsp; But I&#039;m so glad you did!&nbsp; Thank you thank you thank you.&nbsp; And thank you some more.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aelius.&nbsp; An Aelius tetradrachm from Egypt.&nbsp; <b>Wow</b>!!&nbsp; And, it is in wonderful condition <i>and</i> it was struck from exceptionally artistic dies!&nbsp; Look at that portrait!!&nbsp; <b>Wow</b>!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]861024[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius</b></p><p>137 CE</p><p>Billon tetradrachm;&nbsp; 23 mm, 13.16 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; ΛAIΛIOCKAICAP; bare head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΔHM EΞOVC VΠAT B; Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera over garlanded altar</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Köln 1271; Milne 1539; Emmett 1350.2</p><p>Ex John A. Seeger Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>Aelius...&nbsp; Hadrian&#039;s intended successor; father of Lucius Verus.&nbsp;&nbsp; In <i>Historia Augusta</i> the wag of an author hints that Hadrian chose Aelius because of his looks, and that he came to regret the choice.&nbsp; Had Aelius not died before Hadrian, the author suggests Hadrian would have had eliminated him <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>In the same package I received separate and unexpected gifts from [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER]!&nbsp; This is just too much!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a 10 cash.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad my first Chinese coin was from TypeCoin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; It&#039;s really lovely and the characters are rendered in &quot;Slender Gold Script&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]861039[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>China, Northern Song Dynasty</b></p><p>Chong Ning Thong Bao 10-Cash</p><p>1102-6 CE</p><p>35 mm, 10.87 gm</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; &quot;similar to 621&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m trying to read more about this but the variations in spelling are making searches difficult.&nbsp; I&#039;ll try again over the holidays <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, and amazingly, an Agrippina of Roman Egypt!&nbsp; <i>Holy guacamole!</i> I did not have an Agrippina and am delighted to receive this!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]861040[/ATTACH]</p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Agrippina Jr.</p><p>RY 12 of Claudius, 51/2 CE</p><p>Diobol; 25 mm, 8.7 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; [AΓPIΠΠINACEBACTH]; bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; bust of Euthenia right with head wreathed in corn; ]EYΘH / L] - NIA / B</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 103.12; Milne 124</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow.&nbsp; Just, wow.&nbsp; What a package!&nbsp; Thanks, Secret Saturn and thanks, [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Io Saturnalia!</b></span></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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