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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4604775, member: 19463"]I feel terrible not having any new Alexandrian tets to post here and am sure most people have seen my ten favorites and ten next favorites and........ sooooo....</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of my Alexandrian coins that you probably have seen before but that are not tets. Alexandrian drachms and fractions are, if anything, more popular than the tets. The fractions stop being common as inflation made them unneeded for daily use. Alexandrian coins only circulated in Egypt by law. Many circulated for a long time and many scarce types are hard to find in unworn condition. I have very few really worn ones and am amazed at the prices paid for some of the really poor condition but super interesting reverses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just bought and am not yet finished reading the book <b>The Roman Coins of Alexandria</b> by Erik Christiansen which I do NOT recommend for 99% of people who collect Alexanrian. It only covers coins of Nero, Trajan and Septimius Severus. I got it to see the Severans. It does not even include the coins of Caracalla and Geta struck after their father died. There are more specialized books on coins but most people would be really upset if they bought this not knowing its limits. My copy came from a Modern Coin dealer who had no idea why anyone would pay the going price for a two volume set on coins nobody has and included ONLY two plates showing plaster casts illustrating a <u>few</u> die link examples. Don't buy it without contacting me. Mine is not for sale but I want to be sure you know what it is before buying it. Christianson disagrees with the standard denominations of Alexandrian AE coins listing fractions of the drachm as halves, quarters and eighths rather than using diobol, obol etc. I don't know the argument (have not read that far yet).</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Drachms:</p><p>Trajan year 17 Eirene and Homonoia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140508[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius year 17 Agathodaimon</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140509[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla year 22 Zeus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140511[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hemidrachm</p><p>Aelius Homonoia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140514[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Diobols</p><p>Domitian year 6 bull</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140531[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus year 23 lion</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140533[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obol (or 3/4 obol?)</p><p>Hadrian year 22 Harpokrates</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140515[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius year 10 modius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140528[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Dichalkon</p><p>Domitian year 11 Ibis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140537[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan year 17 Hem-hem crown</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140540[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not all about billon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4604775, member: 19463"]I feel terrible not having any new Alexandrian tets to post here and am sure most people have seen my ten favorites and ten next favorites and........ sooooo.... Here are a few of my Alexandrian coins that you probably have seen before but that are not tets. Alexandrian drachms and fractions are, if anything, more popular than the tets. The fractions stop being common as inflation made them unneeded for daily use. Alexandrian coins only circulated in Egypt by law. Many circulated for a long time and many scarce types are hard to find in unworn condition. I have very few really worn ones and am amazed at the prices paid for some of the really poor condition but super interesting reverses. I just bought and am not yet finished reading the book [B]The Roman Coins of Alexandria[/B] by Erik Christiansen which I do NOT recommend for 99% of people who collect Alexanrian. It only covers coins of Nero, Trajan and Septimius Severus. I got it to see the Severans. It does not even include the coins of Caracalla and Geta struck after their father died. There are more specialized books on coins but most people would be really upset if they bought this not knowing its limits. My copy came from a Modern Coin dealer who had no idea why anyone would pay the going price for a two volume set on coins nobody has and included ONLY two plates showing plaster casts illustrating a [U]few[/U] die link examples. Don't buy it without contacting me. Mine is not for sale but I want to be sure you know what it is before buying it. Christianson disagrees with the standard denominations of Alexandrian AE coins listing fractions of the drachm as halves, quarters and eighths rather than using diobol, obol etc. I don't know the argument (have not read that far yet). AE Drachms: Trajan year 17 Eirene and Homonoia [ATTACH=full]1140508[/ATTACH] Antoninus Pius year 17 Agathodaimon [ATTACH=full]1140509[/ATTACH] Caracalla year 22 Zeus [ATTACH=full]1140511[/ATTACH] Hemidrachm Aelius Homonoia [ATTACH=full]1140514[/ATTACH] Diobols Domitian year 6 bull [ATTACH=full]1140531[/ATTACH] Commodus year 23 lion [ATTACH=full]1140533[/ATTACH] Obol (or 3/4 obol?) Hadrian year 22 Harpokrates [ATTACH=full]1140515[/ATTACH] Antoninus Pius year 10 modius [ATTACH=full]1140528[/ATTACH] Dichalkon Domitian year 11 Ibis [ATTACH=full]1140537[/ATTACH] Trajan year 17 Hem-hem crown [ATTACH=full]1140540[/ATTACH] It is not all about billon.[/QUOTE]
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