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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8041248, member: 110350&quot;]These are all very nice. I particularly like the Commodus with the lighthouse reverse. It may be common in theory, but I haven&#039;t seen that many for sale!</p><p><br /></p><p>My standards for the condition a coin has to be in for me to buy are very different for Roman Alexandrian coins than they are for Imperial coins or even a lot of other Provincial types. I guess dealers apply different standards as well. The Hadrian Sphinx I posted was described as &quot;Fine&quot; in the 2001 CNG mail bid sale catalog, and I think that&#039;s an appropriate grade. But with grade inflation, the recent Economopoulos tag says &quot;Very Fine.&quot; It&#039;s a good thing that I never take a dealer&#039;s grade into account when I buy an ancient coin! I see many Roman Alexandrian coins sold as &quot;Very Fine&quot; that probably would merit a VG under the strict definition of those standards, invented (I assume) for US coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are still some well-made Roman Alexandrian coins post-Philip II. I think my new Salonina/Tyche qualifies. It looks better to me than a lot of Imperial coins of the period. And even back in 1985, the Stack&#039;s Coin Galleries catalog described it as Very Fine![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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