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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4451300, member: 110226&quot;]Here&#039;s an earlier tetradrachm of Caracalla, from Antioch.&nbsp; Unlike the coin that I posted yesterday, this example is almost at the opposite end of the spectrum: the engraving is much more refined, the metal quality much better and the legends are virtually complete.&nbsp; The portrait is so refined, it almost has a sculptural, expressive quality, in the tradition of many of the Greek drachms and tetradrachms of centuries before.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was acquired in November 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla (198-217 CE)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm (circa 208-211 CE)</p><p>Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch</p><p>AVT KAI ANTΩNЄINO-C, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATO Γ, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of animal, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. </p><p>Prieur 206; McAlee 670. </p><p>Good EF with a nice portrait</p><p>Very scarce</p><p><br /></p><p>12.1 grams, 25 mm, 11 h.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111076[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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