.....Actually among several that I lost placing bids on others to replace those I did ----but I wanted this scarce type so badly This Billon Tet from Alexandria of Antoninus Pius and that WAY COOL 'Canopus of Osiris' reverse was mine right as the last second ticked off at my price with room to spare....but I was sniped just over my maximum which was already significantly over the estimate.
Oh yeah, that coin is pure sex . I like it alot too. Great portrait and toning on it. Sucks you lost it. Lick that wound and start hunting for something else!
That is a nice one! Had I seen it I might have jumped into the fray, since its obverse and fabric are much nicer than mine. (edited: I must've seen it since I ran the V-auctions list, but I was busy all day and wasn't able to review the watch list or bid) EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius year 2, CE 138/9 billion tetradrachm, 24 mm, 12.63 gm Obv: AVTKTAIΛAΔPANTωNINOCEVCEB, bare head right Rev: ETO VCB, canopus of Osiris right on cushion Ref: Emmett 1373.2, R1 Hmm, this coin needs to go in the reshoot queue. The images aren't very good. The canopic jar on your "got away" coin is different from others I've seen. The jar's chest area has a "bandolier" or ladder-ish decoration and others, like mine, have a square plaque, perhaps with uraei on the sides. Curious. I (and apparently many people) find Roman Egyptian coins which have Egyptian iconography very desirable. Recently I added a Hadrian tetradrachm and drachm with canopic jars. EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian year 11, CE 126/7 billion tetradrachm, 26 mm, 12.6 gm Obv: AVTKAITPAI AΔPIACEB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind Rev: L ENΔ EKATOV: Canopus of Osiris right Ref: Emmett 827.11, R3; Milne 1205 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian year 18, CE 133/4 Æ drachm, 26.4 gm Obv: AYT KAIC TPAIAN (A∆PIANOC CEB), laureate and draped bust right Rev: Canopic jars facing; L I H across fields Ref: Emmett 933.18, R1
Absolutely !!!! Your coins are fantastic!!!! Now I'm even more 'depressed' because I still do not have one example to post. Well, as Mat states, time to lick my wounds and go after another.
Too bad @Mikey Zee , but life is long and numerous the opportunities @TIF, that first Hadrian is to die for ! Q
oh man, those jars are awesome. that's a VERY nice one MZ! i don't remember that double jar coin...that sweet. a JAR JAR coin! sorry.
I consider this a given fact. It almost seems odd when you see Egyptian types on Alexandrian coins. Out of a hundred random samples you would be lucky to see one and most of them are not gods but symbols like crowns and critters.
