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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3363264, member: 19463&quot;]Since more than one liked the Alexandria Domna, I&#039;ll show two more that are different and mention the one I don&#039;t have that I do want.&nbsp; From above, LB year 2 is the style from the period that the Alexandria mint also struck denarii.</p><p>Alexandria, Julia Domna tetradrachm LB</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pa1190fd1381-jpg.891327/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Year 4 LD has a portrait a lot less &#039;Alexandrian&#039; but by this time the die engravers fould have seen more other portraits of her.&nbsp; Dikaiosyne reverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891823[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite coin obtained in this millennium is year 20 LK September - December 211, the year Septimius died.&nbsp; LK could also be January to August 212 but the reverse here shows Caracalla and Geta shaking hands and would not have been likely continued after the mint got word that Geta was murdered.&nbsp; I believe this is the only coin type struck after Septimius died showing the boys together which is why I like the coin so much but the portrait is also interesting.&nbsp; There is an obverse die match using a year 18 reverse. (Double striking makes this ID less than 100% but I believe it is a match).&nbsp; There are other LK reverses using the Domna portrait style I lack that is very much like the Rome mint portraits following Septimius&#039; death.&nbsp; I suspect that the order to change portraits came with the word of Geta&#039;s death.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]891824[/ATTACH]CNG sold a late portrait LK but I did not buy it.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=349351" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=349351" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=349351</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>If I were to stop buying generally and cheaply, I would specialize in Alexandria mint Domna and family. So few come to market each year that it might be possible.&nbsp; I note that the CNG coin posted above went for less than estimate so competition from the big dogs is not severe.&nbsp; I doubt that will change since few of them are really high grade.&nbsp; I just can&#039;t bring myself to only two or three coins a year.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many other Provincial mints that are really wonderful.&nbsp; There are also quite a few that are so wildly terrible that you would believe they were barbarous.&nbsp; The border between civilization and not-so-civilization was a very fuzzy line.&nbsp; Maybe we need a thread honoring the least talented die engravers, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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