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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2052689, member: 57495"]Glad to see you're having fun, Snewman <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe you've already nailed the first one with the RIC VI 120a var attribution. 120a is itself listed in RIC as being scarce, with the mintmark being RS. Yours is the same as the wildwinds example with RP as the mintmark, and hence 120a var. I haven't seen any with a crescent or a wreath in the mintmark, do you have a link to an example?</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm afraid I can't be of much help with the other two, but the second coin is a late 3rd century AD potin tetradrachm of Alexandria... you could call these Greek Imperial, or Roman Provincial. I don't collect these, but many others here do and will be along with help soon. My wild guess would be Maximianus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you did well with these just by virtue of the fact that they don't seem to be missing any devices that will prevent them from being attributed. The potin tet actually looks pretty good, too... I've seen many (from a distance <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) that look alot worse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2052689, member: 57495"]Glad to see you're having fun, Snewman :). I believe you've already nailed the first one with the RIC VI 120a var attribution. 120a is itself listed in RIC as being scarce, with the mintmark being RS. Yours is the same as the wildwinds example with RP as the mintmark, and hence 120a var. I haven't seen any with a crescent or a wreath in the mintmark, do you have a link to an example? I'm afraid I can't be of much help with the other two, but the second coin is a late 3rd century AD potin tetradrachm of Alexandria... you could call these Greek Imperial, or Roman Provincial. I don't collect these, but many others here do and will be along with help soon. My wild guess would be Maximianus. I think you did well with these just by virtue of the fact that they don't seem to be missing any devices that will prevent them from being attributed. The potin tet actually looks pretty good, too... I've seen many (from a distance ;)) that look alot worse.[/QUOTE]
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