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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Nice coin this, I am still very poor at identifying these provincial coins... weight is 7.00 grams, max diameter is 18.80 mm   You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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No idea, but nice to see you again :)
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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Thanks PP  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
Hey there, Met.
It's a tetradrachm from Alexandria, Egypt. Not sure who; a later one. I'll take a closer look.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Hi TIF, Thanks, I always struggle with this type.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
I think it's Diocletian, since you can see "...TIANOC CEB" on the obverse. Reverse is Tyche. I don't have a reference book and online resources are spotty.
"L I" is the regnal year, so that would be year 10, or 293/4 AD.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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That brilliant TIF, thank you. I was too early - was going through the Claudius II section and before.
Where is the best site for relevant info on the years TIF?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
http://tetradrachm-alexandria.blogs...anus?zx=9abd116288387845This site is devoted to alexandrian tets. The specific page linked is to Diocletian, although no year 10 coins are depicted. If you scroll down, the column on the right side eventually lists the years. "L" means "year" and the list correlates letters with year. A = year 1, B = year 2, delta = year 4, etc. I = 10.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Brilliant, thank you!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
Emmett's book is apparently the best for these coins, although Milne is often cited.
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 United States
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Very nice Tet of Diocletian from the Alexandria mint.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hey Met71 very nice coin, I just picked up a Probus Tet. I have no clue about these too. TIF great info.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Thanks guys, it's a beauty in hand, nice and chunky and my favourite provincial yet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nice coin MD, those tets are nice and chunky...very cool. I assume tyche has a rudder in her right hand?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Yep thats a rudder, going to be on the lookout for these now, the other provincial stuff I have is nowhere near as chunky as this. Came with a few nice bits as well, a silver denarius of I think Domitian with the she wolf with Romulus and Remus on the reverse, got it in base metal a few times but quite thrilled to have it in silver. My first Republic denarius as well, it has a hole in it and I don't have the i.d. yet but I like it and I got my first Hadrian with s.c. in a wreath as well, all in all well chuffed!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pretty sure: Emmett 4082, Milne 5144
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