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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 2933021, member: 21445&quot;]Latest round of favorites of the year are Syrian Tets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really wasn&#039;t hard to pic any favorites, I only acquired 2 this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Geta is my favorite, maybe for the whole year. Not an emperor I ever expected to get in Syrian Tetradrachm form, much less for $60 total.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the Philip is a scarcer tet due to the officina letter in reverse field.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fs17.postimg.org%2Fxvnk072jz%2Fgeta.jpg&amp;hash=ea8d526fb391e1734b603371c5b8bf29" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Geta (209 - 211 A.D.)</p><p>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch.</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>O: AYT KAI GETAC CEB, laureate head right.</p><p>DHMARX EX YPATOC TO B, eagle standing left on groundline,</p><p>wings spread, head and tail right, wreath in beak.</p><p>Star in upper left and right fields.</p><p>Struck 211 - 212 A.D.</p><p>26mm</p><p>13.04g</p><p>McAlee 720; Prieur 213; Bellinger 16.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Struck the year he was killed, 211 A.D., he never saw 212 A.D.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fs26.postimg.org%2F64ptjfeqh%2Fphiltetanti.jpg&amp;hash=2bb5c7d2f0ac03ec5cea15a35170b2b0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philip I (244 - 249 A.D.)</p><p>Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: AVTOK K M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.</p><p>R: DHMAPX EZOVCIAC , Eagle standing right, head left with wreath in beak, S - C in field, A at upper right. MON VRB in exergue.</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>27mm</p><p>12.06g</p><p>Prieur 305</p><p><br /></p><p>Scarce with officina letter in reverse field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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