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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3051664, member: 21445&quot;]For kicks, the other 3 emperors.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs1.postimg.org%252Fisn0c3gzz%252Fgalbatet2.jpg%26hash%3D34e74be3a37adba2a6c9eb391f94f2b9&amp;hash=dec5e34cfa5b80f8a406589ca0314016" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Galba, (68 - 69 A.D.)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm, 13.6, 23mm, 12h; Egypt: Alexandria, AD 68.</p><p>Obv.: ΛOY KAIΣ ΣOYΛΠ ΓAΛBA [-]; Laureate head right, LA in right field.</p><p>Rev.: AΛEΞAN - ΔPEA; Draped bust of Alexandria right wearing elephant headdress.</p><p>Reference: Dattari 298; RPC I, 5326</p><p>From the Aethelred Collection</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fs14.postimg.org%2Fqagt660xt%2Fothotet.jpg&amp;hash=36fecfb58f8d40f8cdc93b1c89436be8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Otho (69 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: AYTOK MAPK OΘΩNOΣ KAIΣ ΣEB, laureate head right, LA (year 1) lower right.</p><p>R: EΛEY-ΘEPIA, Eleutheria (Liberty) standing left, wreath in extended right hand, scepter in left hand, leaning with left elbow on column, simpulum (ladle used for tasting and pouring sacrificial libations) left in lower left field.</p><p>12.58g</p><p>24.4mm</p><p>Milne 359; RPC I 5354 (5 spec.); Dattari 327; BMC Alexandria p. 25, 208; Curtis 238; Kampmann 18.6; Emmett 184</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>This variety with a simpulum on the reverse is much rarer than the same type without this control symbol. RPC reports only 5 specimens with the simpulum and 17 specimens without it. This variety is missing from the important collections in Cologne, Paris, and Milan, and we know of only one example offered at auction in the past two decades (CNG 76, 12 Sep 2007, lot 3152, VF, $430 plus fees).</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fs17.postimg.org%25252Fkiwi20h3z%25252Fvestet3.jpg%2526hash%253Df43837b5dfa148b21c4ab0250f2e8bf6%26hash%3Dfe05ccd6f02ba5fc5d542bb0a1930e65&amp;hash=229c4bbdde6b1177c7b156e5356ab4a8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p>Vespasian (69 - 79 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>O: AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYVEΣΠAΣIANOY; Head of Vespasian, laurerate, r., date LΓ before neck</p><p>R: No Legend; Nike flying l., with wreath and palm.</p><p>Alexandria mint, 70-71 AD</p><p>12.82g</p><p>25mm</p><p>RPC 2423</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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