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Message:: [QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4605104, member: 87404"]Those are 3 excellent tets to add to your budding Alexandrian collection...  as far as coin afflictions go, it's a great one to have! I'll start with my newest one, a Titus tet that I got from [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] last week.<img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/incollage_20200629_145904867.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Titus, Ruled 79-81 ADBL Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck 80/81 ADObverse: AYTOK TITOY KAIΣ OYEΣΠAΣIANOY ΣEB, laureate head right.Reverse: OMO-NOIA, Homonoia seated left, holding olive branch; LΓ (RY 3 = 80/81 AD) in left field.References: Emmett 233Size: 23-26mm, 8.0gEx: Mat Collection (CoinTalk)Notes: Extremely porous and crystalized making it lightweight due to conditions it was in prior to being discovered. And now I'll share a handful I know you like: Did someone say we needed to see a Numerian? This is the same reverse type as the Carinus [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] showed...<img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181213_183832576.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Numerian, Ruled 283-284 ADAE Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck 283/284 ADObverse: A K M A NOVMEPIANOC KC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.Reverse: Athena seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; shield below chair, L-B across field RY 2.References: Emmett 4013, Dattari 5607Size: 19mm, 7.5gEx: The Reverend Willis McGill Collection (McGill was an American missionary stationed in Egypt, who started collecting there during World War I) <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/collagemaker_20191120_182519318.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Severina, Wife of Aurelian (270-275 AD)BL Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck Year 7, 275 AD (Possibly as sole ruler)Obverse: OVΛΠ CEYHΡINA CEB, draped bust of Severina right, wearing stephane.Reverse: Athena seated left on shield, holding Nike and sceptre. ETOVC – Z (date) across fields (RY 7 = 275 AD).References: Emmett 3963, Dattari 5498, Geissen 3106 <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/incollage_20200320_163127710.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Maximinus Thrax, Ruled 235-238 ADBL Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck 235/236 ADObverse: AVTO MAΞIMINOC ЄV CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.Reverse: Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; before, LB, RY 2.References: Emmett 3289, Dattari 4581Size: 24mm, 13.34gEx: Roma E-Sale 41 (2/12/17), Lot #539; Holding History Auction 1 (6/1/19), Lot #214 <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/incollage_20200221_135440119.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Vespasian, Ruled 69-79 ADBL Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck Year 2, 69/70 ADObverse: AVTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OVEΣΠAΣIANOV, laureate head right, date LB (year 2 = 69/70 AD) in lower-right field.Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm.References: Emmett 205, Dattari 360 <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/incollage_20200506_122445601.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Maximian, First Reign 286-305 ADBL Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck 287/288 ADObverse: A K M OYA MAΞIMIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.Reverse: Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond; L/Γ (RY 3) in right field; star in upper left.References: Emmett 4147Size: 20mm, 7.3g And a few more of my favorites... A sour-puss Trajan:<img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/incollage_20200320_163754947.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Trajan, Ruled 98-117 ADBL Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck 114/115 ADObverse: AVT TPAIAN API CEB ΓEPM ΔAKIK, laureate head right; star before.Reverse: Draped bust of Zeus right, wearing taenia; L I-H, RY 18.References: Emmett 395Size: 23.5mm, 11.27g The boy Sun-god himself:<img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/incollage_20200208_171211951.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Elagabalus, Ruled 218-222 ADBL Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck Year 2, 218/219 ADObverse: A KAICAP MA AVP ANTωNINOC ЄY CЄB, laureate head right.Reverse: Draped bust of Hermanubis right wearing modius/kalathos, palm-topped caduceus to right, date LB (year 2 = 218/219 AD) in left field.References: Emmett 2935, Dattari 4117 A good wife:<a href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_180847427.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_180847427.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_180847427.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>Cornelia Salonina, Wife of Gallienus who ruled 253-268 ADAE Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck 264/265 ADObverse: KOPNHΛIA CAΛΩNЄINA CЄB, diademed and draped bust of Salonina right.Reverse: Eirene standing left, holding olive branch and sceptre; palm before, IB/L (date), (RY 12 = 264/265 AD).References: Köln 2969; Dattari 5331; Milne 4102; Emmett 3855Size: 18mm,          gNotes: A very beautiful and intelligent woman, she was extremely loyal to her husband. Opinion is divided as to whether she was murdered in the purge of Gallienus’ family after his murder, or if she survived. Nero with a black eye (or maybe someone pulled a black eye telescope prank on him?) and a woman with a fancy-dress elephant hat:<img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181031_125224299.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Nero, Ruled 54-68 ADBL Tetradrachm, Egypt, AlexandriaStruck 65/66 ADObverse: NEPΩ KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AY, radiate bust right, wearing aegis.Reverse: AΥTO-KΡA, draped bust of Alexandria right in elephant headdress, LIB in right field, RY 12.References: Emmett 113/13, RPC 5289Size: 26mm, 12.1g[/QUOTE]

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