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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3744350, member: 97383&quot;]Doug, The line you see starting fom the top of the head is a lamination crack. If you click the image to enlarge it you&#039;ll see more of these lamination cracks mostly radiating from the head. The metal mix in the planchet obviously wasn&#039;t a good one. Your 3 dot Decius Tet looks like a nice one with a good strike &amp; little wear <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The Philip II Tet is another matter. The poor young lad looks like he&#039;s suffering from the extreme <b>acne vulgaris</b> on this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Corrosion wasn&#039;t kind to this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I&#039;ve got a kinder portrait of the kid on the Tet pictured below. This one is also a very early issue.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004239[/ATTACH] </p><p>And you&#039;re right about the bulk of these late Syro-Phoenician Tets not being heavily circulated. Most of these coins must have come from hoards. With the constant warfare induced by Roman hegemony with the Parthians, Persians, &amp; other feudal states, it&#039;s no surprise that so much money was buried in the ground for safe keeping <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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