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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2538611, member: 56859&quot;]I agree-- genuine and from Roman Egypt, a tetradrachm.&nbsp; <strike>But of whom?&nbsp; The neck beard does look a bit like Gallienus but what I can read of the legend doesn&#039;t fit.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s his daddy, Valerian I, regnal year 3.</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>I believe this is the attribution:</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><b><strike>Valerian I</strike></b></p><p><strike>tetradrachm; regnal year 3 (CE 255/6)</strike></p><p><strike>Obverse:&nbsp; AKΠIOVAΛEPIANOCEVEVC; draped and cuirassed bust right</strike></p><p><strike>Reverse:&nbsp; eagle standing left, head right, wings open, wreath in beak; L - Γ across fields.</strike></p><p><strike>Reference:&nbsp; Emmett 3707.3; Milne 3914</strike></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited.&nbsp; I&#039;m wrong.&nbsp; It <i>is</i> Gallienus.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gallienus</b></p><p>tetradrachm; regnal year 3 (CE 255/6)</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; AKΠΛIOVΓAΛΛIANOCEVEVC; laureate,draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; eagle standing left, head right, wings open, wreath in beak; L - Γ across fields.</p><p>Reference:&nbsp; Emmett 3730.3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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