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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shea19, post: 8242837, member: 90981&quot;]Great pickup Donna!&nbsp; I think that the Tyre mint had some of the best portraits on provincial tets of this era...yours is certainly a beauty.&nbsp; Here are my examples from Tyre:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451179[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caracalla, Tetradrachm, Phoenicia (Tyre) mint, (27mm., 13.70g) Laureate head r./Rev. Eagle standing facing on club r., head and tail l., holding wreath in beak; between legs, murex shell. Prieur 1535.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451178[/ATTACH] </p><p>Macrinus, Phoenicia (Tyre), BI tetradrachm, (25 mm, 12.52 g). ΑΥΤ•ΚΑΙ•Μ•ΟΠ•CЄ• ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟC•CЄ• Laureate head of Macrinus to right./ <i>Rev.</i> Eagle with spread wings standing facing on club, head to left and holding wreath in beak; between the eagle&#039;s legs, murex shell. Prieur 1554.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one isn&#039;t quite as pretty, but it&#039;s always been one of my favorites:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451175[/ATTACH] </p><p>Caracalla, Phoenicia (Tyre), AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.23 g). Struck AD 213-215. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1550.</p><p><i>From the Michel Prieur Collection.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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