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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4877933, member: 110350&quot;]A new Alexandria tetradrachm arrived today -- only my fifth, and none of them is in the best condition but I really do like them all, especially the reverses. I&#039;m sure that the fact that I&#039;ve collected ancient Egyptian antiquities sporadically over the last 40 years or so, and have been visiting and enjoying the Egyptian collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art since I was in grade school, has something to do with that.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (148-149 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, ΑΝΤѠΝ(Ɛ)ΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (counterclockwise from upper right) / Draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right, crowned with disk [<i>disk partially off flan</i>], L ΔѠΔƐΚΑΤΟV [<i>Year 12 spelled out</i>] (clockwise from lower left). RPC IV.4 Online 13625 [temporary number] (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13625</a>) [<i>this coin is Specimen 13, ex. Emporium Hamburg 71, 8 May 2014, lot 186; see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/112517</a></i>]; Emmett 1442.12; Milne 1972; Dattari (Savio) 2408; Köln (Geissen) 1588.&nbsp; 23 mm., 12.60 g. (Purchased from Herakles Numismatics, Sept 2020).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178236[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Do people agree with me that this is the very same coin as the one listed as Specimen 13 for RPC Online 13625, ex. Hamburg Emporium 2014 (see details above)?&nbsp; Here are the photos of that specimen.&nbsp; It seems pretty clear to me that it&#039;s the same coin, although I think the photos on RPC (presumably from the Emporium Hamburg auction) are better than my seller&#039;s photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178225[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178226[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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