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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4445474, member: 110226&quot;]Earlier this year I posted a really bad image of a tetradrachm of Caracalla, Tyre Mint.&nbsp; Here are better images.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hair style is unusual.&nbsp; Instead of the closely cropped hair that one usually sees, his hair in the example has a distinct flow towards the back of his head, much in the style of Alexander III&#039;s coinage, albeit the style on this coin is crude in comparison.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a spot of apparent corrosion above the portrait, and that area is missing legend and possibly other detail.&nbsp; However, if you look at the hair above the forehead, it is distinctly shown as raised and wavy, as is sometimes depicted on Alexander III&#039;s tetradrachms and drachms.&nbsp; Further, there could be suggestions of an upper part of a lion&#039;s mouth, again quite crude and somewhat ambiguous.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a bow at the back of his head.&nbsp; Is it part of a wreath or is it just standing by itself?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla had an obsession of Alexander III.&nbsp; Could this coin from Tyre be a product of that obsession?&nbsp; What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla (188 – 217 CE)</p><p>BI tetradrachm</p><p>Tyre Mint</p><p>11.3 grams, 25 mm, 6 h</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110653[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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