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It was $40 delivered ... ummm, that seemed fair enough to me (again, I fell for the coin as soon as it caught my eye)
... that shouldn't shorten our BC-trip, too much
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Very nice coin, I like these Alexandria mint coins.
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Man, that's only one bottle of good wine....  , good job... |
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Here is mine I posted not too long ago, it's a year 1 your coin is year 2.   |
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Nice...these Alexandrian tets have a very unique look.  |
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There is another Eagle reverse of this emporer: obv.AKMA KAPINOC CEB, Laureate and cuirassed bust right rev.Î"ΣÎ"BTPAI, Eagle st. left, head right with wreath in its beak TETRADRACHM L Î" year 3 Emmett 4004. The reverse legend refers to the Legio II Traiana Fortis, raised by Trajan circa 105 A.D., stationed at Nicopolis near Alexandria circa 125 A.D.  |
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Echizento & Eddop => thanks for posting your examples ... they're all very cool coins!! DVC is correct, these coins do seem to have a unique/similar style about them, eh? Bing => you're also correct about the wife thingy (she's been circling around lately, making me feel like a field-mouse and that she's a bird of prey!!) ... but again, I thought the price was okay, so I should be fine (*gulp*) |
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That coin is about the size of a US cent and rather thick, since it weighs in at 7.3g, I bet.
Somehow women always seem to notice that you're buying coins. A good friend of mine, she told me to slow down on buying coins. lol
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sel_69l => you mentioned "bronze, supposed to be a billon", so I went and tried to research what that meant, but it only lead me to more questions!! I found the following relative descriptions: billon => small percentage silver, mainly copper (sometimes tin may be added) bronze => copper, tin potin => copper, tin, lead ... then I read that due to the value of silver, "billon" coins were only produced during (Gallienius 253-AD => 270-AD Claudius-II) ... The description of my coin was a "Potin", not a bronze, nor billon ... ummm, so my coin is made of copper, tin and lead? (lead, eh? ... maybe that is why it has such a unique and "chunky" look about it?)  dougsmit? Edited by stevex6
06/13/2012 3:12 pm
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these coins do seem to have a unique/similar style about them, eh? From what I recall, Alexandria used a rather unique process to creat the flans--weren't they "sand cast", which led to the rough outer rim? |
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"POTIN" => copper, tin, leadNOTE: while researching, I found the following quote, regarding "potin" ... Quote:
"Its name" (says Millin) "is derived from the mixture of metals employed in the manufacture of pots." Yummmy, mmmm, dinner is ready kids => nuthin' like stew, from a pot made outta lead!! 
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06/13/2012 3:23 pm
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Steve, I've heard that either the flans were cast individually, or that a "potin" cyllinder was cast and flans were cut from the end. Certainly, the surfaces would have to be worked so they struck well. |
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I like the artistic style of these coins and I've been wanting to start a set of these for some time.
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