Here is a Caracalla Tetradrachm that I picked up on ebay a few months ago. It actually went with no bids but mine & ended up getting it very cheap, $50. When it arrived it also came in an old Agora Auctions tag, and to boot, it's one of my heaviest tetradrachms in my collection, even over my Athens Owl. In hand, it's so much nicer. For sure a top 2019 contender. Caracalla (198 - 217 A.D.) AR Tetradrachm Mesopotamia, Carrhae O: AVT·K·M·A ANTONЄINOC ·C-EB · ·, laureate head of Caracalla right; two pellets beneath rear truncation. R: ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟ Δ, eagle standing facing on bucranium, dot to each side, wings spread, head right, wreath in beak. 28mm 17.10g Prieur 820, Bellinger 160, SGI 2701 Ex. Agora Auctions, lot 184, Sale 81
Strange. I find these more interesting than the Athenians but Athena is better than Caracalla and I like owls better than eagles. Maybe it is the mint city codes??? Antioch leg Beroea 'winged animal' Cyprus wheat
one of my fav coins of Caracalla, a bronze from Markianopolis with the name misspelled on reverse..31mm...
Mat, You stole that coin for $50 ! A weight of 17.10 gm is astonishing . I bought a nice example of that coin type long ago & paid more than $50 for mine. See photos below. My coin weighed a hefty 14.72 gm.
This is my biggest Caracalla: Caracalla, AD 198-217. Roman provincial Æ 28.3 mm, 13.70 g, 8 h. Thrace, Serdica, AD 198-217. Obv: AVT K M AVP CEVH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust, right, seen from behind. Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC CΕPΔΙΚΗC, Hercules standing right, forearm draped with lion skin, holding club set on ground and bow. Refs: Ruzicka Serdica 266; Moushmov Serdica 397; Moushmov 4912; Varbanov 2355; cf. BMC 3.173,15.
Indeed. The Agora auction was from 2017 and bidding closed higher than you paid then add in the auction house juice and shipping etc.. I'd say you did great on a fine looking heavy tet.
