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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2667318, member: 15445"]Great story & thank you for sharing it. (I knew that you were going to turn around & go back to the store<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>Leipzig is a great place to visit & it is just dripping with history! (Things were really hopping in Leipzig just before the wall came down). Also, it is not far to Berlin & all the museums there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin of Hadrian:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]593090[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN EGYPT </b></p><p><b>ALEXANDRIA</b></p><p><b>Hadrian</b></p><p><b>AE Drachm</b></p><p><b>117-138 A.D.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>27.00 grams, 34 mm.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laur. Dr. Cuirassed bust right</p><p>AYT.KAI (Hadrian).APIC.CEB</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Hadrian in quadriga of elephants</p><p>right. LENΔE.KATOV</p><p><b>Grade:</b> Fine light chocolate brown color</p><p><b>Other:</b> Sear 1175 (pg 151) B.M.C.G.860</p><p>Milne 1216var., Koln 967var. </p><p>Rare 15 leg variety much like the USA</p><p>3-legged buffalo nickel?</p><p>On the obverse legend:</p><p>AYT= AVTOKPATOP = Emperor</p><p>KAI= KAICAP = Caesar</p><p>APIC.CEB = Optimus Augustus</p><p>Ex John Jencek of San Mateo Calif., </p><p>From Eye Appealing Coins 11/2013.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2667318, member: 15445"]Great story & thank you for sharing it. (I knew that you were going to turn around & go back to the store:)). Leipzig is a great place to visit & it is just dripping with history! (Things were really hopping in Leipzig just before the wall came down). Also, it is not far to Berlin & all the museums there. Here is a coin of Hadrian: [ATTACH=full]593090[/ATTACH] [B]ROMAN EGYPT ALEXANDRIA Hadrian AE Drachm 117-138 A.D.[/B] 27.00 grams, 34 mm. [B]Obv:[/B] Laur. Dr. Cuirassed bust right AYT.KAI (Hadrian).APIC.CEB [B]Rev:[/B] Hadrian in quadriga of elephants right. LENΔE.KATOV [B]Grade:[/B] Fine light chocolate brown color [B]Other:[/B] Sear 1175 (pg 151) B.M.C.G.860 Milne 1216var., Koln 967var. Rare 15 leg variety much like the USA 3-legged buffalo nickel? On the obverse legend: AYT= AVTOKPATOP = Emperor KAI= KAICAP = Caesar APIC.CEB = Optimus Augustus Ex John Jencek of San Mateo Calif., From Eye Appealing Coins 11/2013.[/QUOTE]
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