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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3405159, member: 57495&quot;]I recently had the pleasure of cracking my first slab, one entombing an A-Pi Alexandrian drachm with Harpodile reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]904229[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not having smashed a slab before, I was pretty nervous at the prospect and put off doing the deed for a few weeks.&nbsp; Even when I finally decided to get down to it, I kept hearing a voice in my head going...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]904227[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I wasn&#039;t going to let anyone keep me from laying my hands on My Precioussss... yeah, not even Sean Bean.&nbsp; So, anyway, after a few good thwacks with the ol&#039; hammer, the beast was unleashed. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]904228[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]904232[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 28.01g, 36.4mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 8 (AD 144/5). Menelaites Nome. Emmett 1819; Dattari 6318; RPC Online Temp #13971. O: AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right. R: MЄNЄΛAЄITHC, Harpokrates of Canopus (part human, part crocodile) left, holding finger on right hand before mouth, cornucopia on left arm; altar before, L H (date) in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Phil Peck (“Morris”) Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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