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Need Some Help With This Ancient Coin

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 Posted 10/11/2013  2:49 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Hondo to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Helping a friend sell his deceased brothers coin collection, I was going through a jar of random world coins, fare tokens, peep show tokens, pins etc. I came across this ancient.

I want to know if you kind folks can identify the coin and give me an idea of value. Also, is there a best method to sell and get him maximum profit?

Thank you all, just looking for a little guidance in the area of ancient coins. Its a whole new world for me! Thanks in advance.

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Alexandria Tetradrachm, might be Aurelian.
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I agree with Aurelian. Reverse shows an eagle holding a wreath. Would sell for £5-10 in this condition. You could get more from someone who is looking for one, but that is another matter. The red colour might give you a better price - perhaps its potin?
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Certainly Aurelian.
Coin: Potin Tetradrachm
Mint: Alexandria, Egypt.
Year: 5, 274-275 AD

Looks most like the examples in Milne, 4426-4429

Ob: AK L D*OM AVPHΛIANOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Rv: ETOVC, Eagle, wings open, standing left. E in right field.

*CCF posts cannot use some Greek letters, substitute "Lamda" for the "L" and "Delta" for the "D".

For selling, well the Roman coinage of Egypt is rare anyway since they were only minted in Egypt, for use only in Egypt.
The Eagle reverse types are treated as "common" but do not be put off by that.

This could sell for £15-20, if you set it at a fixed price.

The below example, Milne 4362, is one I sold earlier this year for £20.

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