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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4605145, member: 85693"]Some really nice coins in this thread. I don't really actively pursue Alexandrian tets, but whenever I get one I find myself liking them more and more. </p><p><br /></p><p>My most recent are these - this one of Claudius II came in an undescribed lot off eBay. It was a lot nicer than the photos led me to expect:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140721[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Egypt Potin Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>Claudius II Gothicus</b></p><p><b>Year 2 (268-269 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint </b></p><p>AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / L-B left, Dikaiosyne seated left holding scales and cornucopiae.</p><p>Geissen 3034; Dattari 5386.</p><p>(9.46 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>From the same lot, not as nice, but <span style="color: #59b300">greener</span>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140722[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Egypt Potin Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>Maximianus </b></p><p><b>Year 4 (289-290 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint </b></p><p>AKMA OVA MAΞMIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. / Eagle standing left, head right wreath in beak; star in left field, L-Δ across. </p><p>Milne 4921; Emmett 4108.</p><p>(9.20 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4605145, member: 85693"]Some really nice coins in this thread. I don't really actively pursue Alexandrian tets, but whenever I get one I find myself liking them more and more. My most recent are these - this one of Claudius II came in an undescribed lot off eBay. It was a lot nicer than the photos led me to expect: [ATTACH=full]1140721[/ATTACH] [B]Egypt Potin Tetradrachm Claudius II Gothicus Year 2 (268-269 A.D.) Alexandria Mint [/B] AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / L-B left, Dikaiosyne seated left holding scales and cornucopiae. Geissen 3034; Dattari 5386. (9.46 grams / 19 mm) From the same lot, not as nice, but [COLOR=#59b300]greener[/COLOR]: [ATTACH=full]1140722[/ATTACH] [B]Egypt Potin Tetradrachm Maximianus Year 4 (289-290 A.D.) Alexandria Mint [/B] AKMA OVA MAΞMIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. / Eagle standing left, head right wreath in beak; star in left field, L-Δ across. Milne 4921; Emmett 4108. (9.20 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]
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