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    ANCIENT COINS

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    EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus

    year 3, CE 269/70

    tetradrachm, 20 mm, 10.2 gm

    Obv: AVTKKΛAVΔIOCCEB (In theory: what I can read on this coin doesn't quite match what the legend is supposed to be.  Probably just engraver error or die deterioration); laureate head right

    Rev: Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia; L Γ in left field

    Ref: Emmett 3896 (3), R4

    My favorite find from a large mixed lot, Stack's Bowers Nov. 2013.  Tyche is rendered in a particularly artistic manner.

    Translation of legend abbreviations:

    AVT  K   KΛAVΔIOC   CEB

    Imperator Caesar Claudius Augustus

    L Γ

    year 3