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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 6439588, member: 99456&quot;][ATTACH=full]1255060[/ATTACH]</p><p>Coelesyria, <b><font size="5"><span style="color: #006600">Damascus</span></font></b>, <b>Caracalla</b>, AD 198-217, AR Tetradrachm</p><p><b>Struck:</b> circa AD 215-217</p><p><b>Size:</b> 24-28mm, 11.62g</p><p><b>Obv: </b>AVT KAI ANTωNINOC CЄ, laureate head right of Caracalla</p><p><b><b>Rev:</b> </b>ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOCTOΔ, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, ram&#039;s head left</p><p><b><b>Ref:</b></b> Prieur 1205, same obverse die as coin from Prieur collection, rare with drapery on bust, only three noted by Prieur, and nine in CoinArchives. For a die study see: <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/90016904" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/90016904" rel="nofollow">Nurpetlian, J. (2014)</a>. Damascene Tetradrachms of Caracalla. <i>American Journal of Numismatics (1989-),</i> <i>26</i>, 187-198. This coin appears to be Plate 51 number 19.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Next:</b> another tetradrachm from Caracalla[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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