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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3007789, member: 56859"]The bottom right coin is, <i>if authentic </i>(and I'm not sure what to think about this one but it might be authentic), a tetradrachm of Roman emperor Augustus, struck in Syria. What is its diameter?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745487[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an example of the type from <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=284423" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=284423" rel="nofollow">CNG's archives</a>:</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3500400.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. <i>Seleucia Pieria</i>. Augustus. </b>27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.68 g, 12h). Dated CY 114 (AD 5/6). Laureate head right / Filleted thunderbolt set on pulvinar; ΙΔΡ (date) below; A to left, H to right; all within wreath. RPC I 4328; Prieur 1186. VF, minor porosity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3007789, member: 56859"]The bottom right coin is, [I]if authentic [/I](and I'm not sure what to think about this one but it might be authentic), a tetradrachm of Roman emperor Augustus, struck in Syria. What is its diameter? [ATTACH=full]745487[/ATTACH] Here's an example of the type from [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=284423']CNG's archives[/URL]: [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3500400.jpg[/IMG] [B]SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. [I]Seleucia Pieria[/I]. Augustus. [/B]27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.68 g, 12h). Dated CY 114 (AD 5/6). Laureate head right / Filleted thunderbolt set on pulvinar; ΙΔΡ (date) below; A to left, H to right; all within wreath. RPC I 4328; Prieur 1186. VF, minor porosity.[/QUOTE]
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