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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2811555, member: 56859&quot;]Another fantastic StoryCoin, and with cool pedigree!&nbsp; Thanks for the writeup.&nbsp; I learned some things <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I had assumed that the &quot;dome&quot; on these coins was the arched figure on the coin, something obelisk-like.&nbsp; Seeing your nilometer images showing buildings or enclosures, maybe I was wrong?&nbsp; Are the arched structures on these coins the river entrance to an enclosed nilometer?</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a nilometer drachm but it&#039;s a liiiiitttle less awesome.&nbsp; If you squint you can see a figure in the &quot;entrance&quot; to the nilometer <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]658073[/ATTACH]</p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 17 (CE 153/4)</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate bust left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; Nilus, with crocodile below him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; to left, a nilometer entrance (dome?), in front of which stands a Genius; L-IZ (date) in upper field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1622.17; Dattari 2764</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.475); Supposedly ex Dattari Collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1853-1923), not in Savio.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Nilus is a frequent figure on coins of Roman Egypt.&nbsp; Somehow I&#039;ve accumulated a bunch of mediocre examples of Nilus for several emperors.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]658080[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antoninus Pius drachm / Nilus reclining right, some creature below which is theoretically a crocodile but which looks more like a mutant hippo.&nbsp; Emmett 1621, RY 13</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]658081[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hadrian drachm / Nilus seated left, holding reed, crocodile below right.&nbsp; Emmett 1016, RY16</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]658082[/ATTACH]</p><p>A &quot;what was I thinking&quot; acquisition <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Severus Alexander tetradrachm / Nilus reclining left, head turned right, holding reed and cornucopia, a bunch of little genius rug rats climbing up his leg.&nbsp; Emmett 3124, year 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have more but this is, sadly, a fairly accurate representation of the quality of my Niluses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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