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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2415340, member: 74282"]I don't have Emmett, nor do I know much about Alexandrian tetradrachms(though I did recently buy my first one) but I'd like to take a crack at it. Rather than spoil the fun and list it out in the open, I'll simply leave a link to my answer which others can choose to click or not. I believe <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2297/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2297/" rel="nofollow">this is</a> your coin. While you're right that it doesn't have a lot of market value, I think it's a pretty appealing coin with a really fantastic portrait(but what do I know, I buy and share a lot of really scrappy Republican bronzes myself).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I might as well share my first Alexandrian tet, of a different emperor but not too far away on the timeline:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]499754[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Provincial, Alexandria, Claudius II Gothicus, Potin tetradrachm(21mm, 10.5g, 12h), 268 AD. AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CEB; Laureate, draped, bust right / Eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath; in right field, LA (year 1). Emmett 3878; Curtis 1670; Milne 4202.</p><p>Ex. JBGood collection[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2415340, member: 74282"]I don't have Emmett, nor do I know much about Alexandrian tetradrachms(though I did recently buy my first one) but I'd like to take a crack at it. Rather than spoil the fun and list it out in the open, I'll simply leave a link to my answer which others can choose to click or not. I believe [URL='http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2297/']this is[/URL] your coin. While you're right that it doesn't have a lot of market value, I think it's a pretty appealing coin with a really fantastic portrait(but what do I know, I buy and share a lot of really scrappy Republican bronzes myself). Also, I might as well share my first Alexandrian tet, of a different emperor but not too far away on the timeline: [ATTACH=full]499754[/ATTACH] Roman Provincial, Alexandria, Claudius II Gothicus, Potin tetradrachm(21mm, 10.5g, 12h), 268 AD. AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CEB; Laureate, draped, bust right / Eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath; in right field, LA (year 1). Emmett 3878; Curtis 1670; Milne 4202. Ex. JBGood collection[/QUOTE]
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