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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7976579, member: 97383&quot;]Blake, despite the attribution of <b>Tyre</b> on your slab, I believe the coin was minted in <b>Antioch</b>. There is a great deal of ambiguity between the experts (McAlee, Prieur, Butcher, Metcalf, Bellinger &amp; Sydenham) as to where these tetradrachms were minted. McAlee offers sound evidence (die linkage) that some of these Tets could have been made at the Rome mint, or dies were made in Rome &amp; sent to Antioch. Take note of the slab info that came with the Tet I posted with the <i>graffito<b>.</b></i></p><p><i><b>[ATTACH=full]1384317[/ATTACH] </b></i></p><p>When I had this coin slabbed, NGC was unwilling to make a commitment as to origin too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, but there is no doubt in my mind that it was struck in Antioch. Your coin &amp; the others posted that are similar I believe were also struck in Antioch. The coin pictured below I sold a long time ago, &amp; NGC didn&#039;t commit to an origin on this coin too, although I&#039;m sure it was struck in Tyre <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384320[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384321[/ATTACH] </p><p>This design type was copied from the Tyre mint for coinage of Caracalla too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384322[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384323[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically when Prieur cataloged these coins he threw is hands up in the air <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, admitted his confusion, &amp; listed all the types pictured in this thread under Tyre.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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