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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8241478, member: 110226&quot;]I was busy taking snaps of some coins, partly to get away from all of the depressing and partly because I really need to photograph the coins and organize the collection, something that I absolutely will accomplish - just give me a few more decades, please!</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin is an AE As of Hadrian, the one with the lyre.&nbsp; This is the only coin that I own with a musical instrument as the sole subject for the reverse, and one that I appreciate; music kind of runs through the family, although I don&#039;t play an instrument, which is a pity I suppose, as the Steinway upright piano is sitting around gathering dust.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, 125-128 AD</p><p>AE As</p><p>Rome</p><p>Obverse: HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS, Laureate head right.</p><p>Reverse: COS III S-C, lyre center.</p><p>RIC II 688 </p><p><br /></p><p>9.00 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450623[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next are two BI tetradrachm of Elagabalus, Antioch.&nbsp; These coins have shown up on eBay and elsewhere with considerable frequency and must be from a large hoard, I think, since they all show generally the same surface condition, often with areas of brown, green and green/blue patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin was taken with a flash.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elagabalus, 218-222 AD</p><p>BI Tetradrachm</p><p>Antioch</p><p>Obverse&nbsp; &nbsp; Greek Legend - Laureate, draped bust right.</p><p>Reverse&nbsp; &nbsp; Greek Legend - Eagle facing front head facing left with wreath in beak, star between feet.</p><p>SR-2141, BMC-418</p><p><br /></p><p>12.88 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450626[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is also from Antioch.&nbsp; The image is a little blurry.&nbsp; I took the photo in natural light to highlight the patina on the coin, but the combination of a slower shutter speed coupled with my increasingly unsteady hands contribute to this &quot;impressionistic&quot; effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450635[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The final coin is none other than our old friend Caracalla.&nbsp; Now he might not be someone you&#039;d take out to lunch on a regular basis, but he was an interesting figure to say the least.</p><p><br /></p><p>This tetradrachm was struck towards the end of his reign, in Antioch.&nbsp; Now, I&#039;ve been able to match this coin with Prieur 224, but there are some differences with the coins I&#039;ve online.&nbsp; The legend on the obverse has a break of three dots, used to connect the AN with the T.&nbsp; On the reverse the eagle is facing left, not right, unlike the online examples which have the eagle facing right.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if these are significant difference to warrant another catalog number.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla, 215-217 AD</p><p>BI tetradrachm</p><p>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. </p><p>Antioch. </p><p>Obverse: Laureate head right.</p><p>Reverse: Eagle standing facing left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; • Δ • and • Є • above wings, star below.</p><p>There&#039;s some graffiti on the obverse, to the right of the portrait that might be Aramaic or another related language in the Levant.</p><p>Prieur 224?</p><p><br /></p><p>12.59 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450638[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone help me with this coin?&nbsp; Caracalla issue more provincial tetradrachms than the number of fleas on the back of dog!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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