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I am trying to attribute this Arcadius, but I'm having trouble with the mint mark once again. The last letter is a Greek gamma, but the rest I'm having trouble. Any help will be appreciated. JW   |
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ALE gamma Alexandria shop #3
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Thanks Doug. I was having trouble on two fronts. Wildwinds does not list this coin from Alexandria, and the options they show do not have mint marks similar to this. I believe they only show this reverse from Constantinople, Heraclea and Cyzicus. Those mint marks do not come close to what I could see on this coin. I know that Wildwinds is not definitive, but since I do not have my own copy of RIC, I rely on Wildwinds a lot. Now that I have something to go on, I can do some searches on other reference sites. Again, thanks for the assistance.
JW
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That did not take long to find. It is Arcadius AE 4, Alexandria mint,RIC IX 20(c). BTW, it is a huge coin at 13mm weighing in at 1.1g.
JW
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You just beat me too it - RIC IX Alexandria 20c/23b
Just noticed the chi-rho in the left field too.
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In hand, the chi-rho is easier to see. I don't beat you too it very often Bobbyhelmet. Its nice of you to let me win one now and again.  JW |
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Haha - your getting a lot faster, I may have to up my game!
Ignore the '/23b' bit - I thought it sounded odd and have just looked it up in RIC, it cant be this as it does not have the chi-rho, just the dot in left field.
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Congrats JW
I followed the treads on this coin and this good news indeed.
Seems that ancient coins still have many discoveries left to be made.
I had one go in the NOT IN RIC awhile ago but hasn't gone to Wildwinds.
This is exciting.
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jwharper- Very awesome news! Congrats!
Just out of curiosity, how did you acquire this rare coin?
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I don't have it in my catalog as to how I acquired this particular coin, so I'm not sure. However, usually when I don't have it annotated, it means I bought it in a group of uncleaned coins off of ebay, and generally I spend about $2-2.50 per uncleaned coin. JW |
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