Featured Caracalla Antioch, Syria Silver TETRADRACHM - Higher Grade

Hey Simeon, welcome to CT. Can you post a larger pic of that coin?

 

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Simeon, I know that Tets from Antioch can look somewhat different, but yours looks wrong to me. I am by far not an expert so don't rely solely on my opinion. Have you checked the fake databases at Forgery Network at http://forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx or Forum at http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php?

 

why does it say SPHYX???

 

The OP's picture? Sphinx Numismatics was the seller; he puts his store's name on the pictures.

 

Wow => that is very sharp lookin' Caracalla Tet, rexesq ...

Ummm, I don't have a Caracalla example, but I do have a similar Hadrian-type ...

 

oh.

 

I have these Mesopotamian BI Tetradrachm of Caracalla and a Macrinus Tet below it.

 

Is it some kind of record that a thread got 'Featured' three years after its was started?
While not high grade, I do like my Caracalla with a left portrait:


My only radiate one is this from Beroea, Cyrrhestica.

 

welcome loki6793 ...

=> ahaha ... I didn't notice the ol' time-warp!!

 

Hello,

The coin question fake or original, sorry to say looks fake, pressed coin, in the Near East the make a lot of fakes.
I collect also Syrian tetradrachms, here is a part of my Caracalla coins !!
Sidon, Emesa, Gadara and so on.

I will post more later !!

 

Some more for the eagle lovers, now I have to stop)
The two Caracalla are very rare !! and also some Marcrinus and son types.
And also added a Galba one.
Eagles fly !!

 

I generally see these coins as having a pretty rough surface. I am guessing that is because of their composition. Does anyone know what the silver content of these coins averages?

 

From the photos, they all look OK to me. As for the silver content, usually it was the same amount as what was in a denarius at the time the emperor was in power.

 

In general I know the coins from Tyre are having a higher silver content & better quality then as most coming from Antioch region.
Because Tyre used same combination as they where making Phoenician coins.
Of course these coins are originals !!

 

I know the Egyptian tetradrachmas passed as one denarius. But I thought the ones from Antioch passed at a higher value. In the early Third Century the denarius was about 50% silver. So, if the Antioch tetras had that same 50% silver alloy I guess they passed at four denarii.

 

Great lookin' coins, Cyrrhus ... very nice

 

in this topic as a portrait Caracalla of my coin and I tetrodrahma!