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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8276625, member: 56859&quot;]Wonderful acquisitions, Donna!&nbsp; That tessera was one of my two targets in Naville but after being the embattled underbidder on my first coin I lost heart and didn&#039;t even bid on the tessera.&nbsp; Wish I hadn&#039;t given up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently acquired a second Isis Thermouthis (or Demeter-headed serpent, depending on who you read), a plate coin in Dattari and of course shown in Dattari-Savio.&nbsp; I&#039;m dozens of coins behind in posting and had intended to make a production of it... maybe I still will... but here it is.&nbsp; Given our similar tastes in Alexandrians and the fact that you bought that tessera, I wonder if you were the underbidder on this coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461312[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian</b></p><p>RY 10 (90-91 CE)</p><p>Æ obol, 20.50 mm, 5.56 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Isis-Thermouthis (or Demeter-headed uraeus) standing right, torch held in coils of tail; LI in right field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Geissen 376 (this coin cited); RPC 2593.2 (this coin); Dattari-Savio Pl. 18, 483 (this coin); Dattari 483 and Pl. XI (this reverse illustrated).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll save a discussion about who these coins depict for another thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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