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<p>[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 5399863, member: 90981"]Very nice upgrade, that's a beauty. Great selection of these tetradrachms at the last Leu auction...I probably was bidding against you for a lot of them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I ended up winning this rare Macrinus tet from the auction:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1232954[/ATTACH] </p><p>SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. <i>Macrinus</i>, 217-218. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25 mm, 12.45 g, 6 h). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ [Ο]Π C••Є ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC CЄ Laureate head of Macrinus to right. <i>Rev.</i> ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC Π Π Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; between the eagle's legs, star above a lion walking right. Prieur 1200. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have a Herennius Etruscus tet yet, so I'll just share this one of his father:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1232958[/ATTACH] </p><p>Trajan Decius, Tetradrachm (Billon, 25 mm, 11.84 g), 249-250. AYT K Γ MЄ KY TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right/ <i>Rev.</i>ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC / S C Eagle with spread wings standing right on palm, holding wreath in beak. RPC IX 1625. Prieur 523[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shea19, post: 5399863, member: 90981"]Very nice upgrade, that's a beauty. Great selection of these tetradrachms at the last Leu auction...I probably was bidding against you for a lot of them. :) I ended up winning this rare Macrinus tet from the auction: [ATTACH=full]1232954[/ATTACH] SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. [I]Macrinus[/I], 217-218. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25 mm, 12.45 g, 6 h). ΑΥΤ Κ Μ [Ο]Π C••Є ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC CЄ Laureate head of Macrinus to right. [I]Rev.[/I] ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC Π Π Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; between the eagle's legs, star above a lion walking right. Prieur 1200. I don't have a Herennius Etruscus tet yet, so I'll just share this one of his father: [ATTACH=full]1232958[/ATTACH] Trajan Decius, Tetradrachm (Billon, 25 mm, 11.84 g), 249-250. AYT K Γ MЄ KY TPAIANOC ΔЄKIOC CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right/ [I]Rev.[/I]ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC / S C Eagle with spread wings standing right on palm, holding wreath in beak. RPC IX 1625. Prieur 523[/QUOTE]
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