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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3151056, member: 19463&quot;]I see nothing about the coin that makes me think of Alexandria.&nbsp; I don&#039;t usually download links so will be interested in hearing if you see a good reason not to call the coin Syrian from the material presented. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do see the possibility of a good study contrasting 1st century Roman sestertii with Provincial bronzes of similar size in general.&nbsp; I have zero knowledge and great confusion when it comes to the transition at Alexandria from the period where &#039;80 drachmas&#039; was the large bronze but &#039;diobol&#039; size and the start of what I would call sestertius size AE coins of the later fabric.&nbsp; The first think I would look for in reading an unknown paper is evidence that we are all using the same definitions and are aware of the cities and coins already known.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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