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collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 07/10/2016 07:00 am I would like some help identifying and evaluating this coin. Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 07/10/2016 07:08 am Looks like a Roman provincial tetradrachm of Nero from Alexandria, Egypt. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/10/2016 07:50 am I agree it is Nero. The bust on the reverse is a draped bust of Alexandria wearing and Elephant skin head dress. the coin is dated LIB for year 12. Reference Sear 2004, RPC 5289. It's a tetradrachm from Alexandria. Report this Post to the Staff
paul27613 Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 07/10/2016 8:34 pm BTW, as a side note, that red encrustation as seen on the coin is not unusual on the billon tetradrachms that have a fair amount of silver content. I am not a metallurgist or chemist but I have handled a few hundred of the Roman Egypt tetradrachms and seen many many cases of the red encrustation. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 07/10/2016 10:30 pm Quote: ...that red encrustation as seen on the coin is not unusual on the billon tetradrachms... Agreed. The red is actually verdigris which sometimes manifests as a red deposit rather than the usual green. It responds to the bronze in the billon, not the silver (silver coins can get horn silver but not verdigris; bronze and billon coins can get verdigris). Edited by Kamnaskires 07/10/2016 10:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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