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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4951422, member: 97383"]robinjojo, I've never read anything about the Tyre mint plating over a billon core, & it really sounds impractical considering the huge output from that mint. In regards to Barry Murphy's comment "There are no Tyre mint Tridrachms," Michel Prieur does illustrate a number of Tridrachms in his book in the chapter on Tyre coinage, see the passages I photographed below. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190130[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190132[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Richard McAlee also lists & illustrates a number of Tridrachms in his book on the <b>Coinage of Roman Antioch</b>, see photos below. He also reiterates the exact manufacture of these coins has yet to be proven. All these Tridrachms are rare to Extremely Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190139[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190140[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190141[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4951422, member: 97383"]robinjojo, I've never read anything about the Tyre mint plating over a billon core, & it really sounds impractical considering the huge output from that mint. In regards to Barry Murphy's comment "There are no Tyre mint Tridrachms," Michel Prieur does illustrate a number of Tridrachms in his book in the chapter on Tyre coinage, see the passages I photographed below. [ATTACH=full]1190130[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1190132[/ATTACH] Richard McAlee also lists & illustrates a number of Tridrachms in his book on the [B]Coinage of Roman Antioch[/B], see photos below. He also reiterates the exact manufacture of these coins has yet to be proven. All these Tridrachms are rare to Extremely Rare. [ATTACH=full]1190139[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1190140[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1190141[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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