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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8242692, member: 110350&quot;]I usually don&#039;t post coins I&#039;ve bought until I actually receive them, but this time my curiosity gets the better of me.&nbsp; In today&#039;s Nomos Obolos 22 auction, along with a few other coins, I just won Lot 576, a Septimius Severus tetradrachm from Tyre.&nbsp; The auction description and photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>PHOENICIA. <i>Tyre</i>. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Tetradrachm (Billon, 27 mm, 13.83 g, 11 h), 209-211. AYT KAI CEΠ CEOYHPOC CE Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. <i>Rev.</i> ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΤΟC ΤΟ Γ Eagle standing facing, with spread wings and head to left, on club to right, holding wreath in his beak; between legs, murex shell. CNG e443, 2019, 422 = Freeman &amp; Sear FPL 1, 1994, A261. Prieur 1533 (<i>both from the same obverse die as this piece</i>). <i>Extremely rare, one of three known examples - in fact, Prieur only knew of a single specimen.</i> An attractive piece, well centered and with a splendid portrait of the emperor. Good very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451019[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But it seems to me that this coin should be described as one of only two known examples rather than three, because from CNG&#039;s 2019 description, it appears that the example sold by CNG (ex. Freeman &amp; Sear) <u>is</u> Prieur 1533. See <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5864125" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5864125" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5864125</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>Electronic Auction 443&nbsp; &nbsp; 422 (« | »)&nbsp; &nbsp; 01.05.2019&nbsp; &nbsp; 120 USD&nbsp; &nbsp; 900 USD</p><p>Description</p><p><b>Selections from the Michel Prieur Collection</b></p><p>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.96 g, 12h). Struck AD 209-211. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1533. Good VF, toned. <b>Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.</b></p><p><b>From the Michel Prieur Collection.</b> Ex Freeman &amp; Sear FPL 1 (Winter/Spring 1994), no. A261.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Am I correctly interpreting this? Does anyone have a copy of Prieur so they could please check to confirm that the 2019 CNG specimen is the same coin as Prieur 1533? And, if it is, should I be concerned at all about the authenticity of this second specimen that has turned up for the Nomos Obolos 22 auction, without any listed provenance? (I can certainly ask Nomos about provenance when I receive the invoice, but I doubt they&#039;ll have anything informative to tell me.) I know I should ask these questions <u>before</u> I bid, but I liked the portrait so much that I put in a bid without really expecting to win the coin! And now it&#039;s mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if anyone has a copy of Prieur, what distinguishes this particular type from other Septimius Severus tetradrachms manufactured in Tyre?</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your tetradrachms of any emperor minted in Tyre. My only other one is this:</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan AR Tetradrachm, AD 100, Phoenicia, Tyre. Obv. Laureate head of Trajan right; behind, ear of grain in left field; to right, club in right field; below, eagle with folded wings standing right, ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ / Rev. Laureate bust of Melqart (as Herakles) right, lion’s skin tied at neck, ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ [= COS III]. RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. III 3526 (2015); RPC Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3526" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3526" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3526</a>; Prieur 1482 [Prieur, Michel and Karin, <i>Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms</i> (London, 2000)]; McAlee 452/2 (ill. p. 203) (Group 5) [McAlee, Richard, <i>The Coins of Roman Antioch</i> (2007)]. 27 mm., 14.25 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451029[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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