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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 8344184, member: 97383"]Donna, Nice score with a well struck example of McAlee 681 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! I totally agree with McAlee's interpretation of the <b>Delta-Epsilon</b> letters & his <b>S C </b>interpretation. He has accomplished impressive scholarship on the coinage of Roman-Syria. I have a nice example of McAlee 681 / Prieur 224 pictured below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479986[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I also managed to find an interesting & controversial example of an Elagabalus tetradrachm with the <b>Delta-Epsilon </b>letters pictured below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479987[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1479988[/ATTACH] </p><p>The coin pictured below is the 1st issue of a Caracalla tetradrachm with a debasement of silver from 59% to 35%, initiating the <b>War Tetradrachm</b> series. My example is a rare unlisted variant without periods separating the obverse inscription. Pictured below it is a regular issue with the periods.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479990[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SYRIA, Antioch. Caracalla, AD 198-217 (struck circa AD 214/5). Billon Tetradrachm: 13.74 gm, 27 mm, 5 h. McAlee 677, Prieur 217, unlisted variant without periods on the obverse. Rare. <i>Ex Michel Prieur Collection.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i>[ATTACH=full]1479993[/ATTACH] </i></b></p><p><b>SYRIA, Antioch, Caracalla, AD 198-217. Billon Tetradrachm: 13.60 gm, 26 mm, 12 h. McAlee 677, Prieur 217 regular issue. <i>Photo courtesy of Ancient Coin Traders.</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 8344184, member: 97383"]Donna, Nice score with a well struck example of McAlee 681 :happy:! I totally agree with McAlee's interpretation of the [B]Delta-Epsilon[/B] letters & his [B]S C [/B]interpretation. He has accomplished impressive scholarship on the coinage of Roman-Syria. I have a nice example of McAlee 681 / Prieur 224 pictured below. [ATTACH=full]1479986[/ATTACH] I also managed to find an interesting & controversial example of an Elagabalus tetradrachm with the [B]Delta-Epsilon [/B]letters pictured below. [ATTACH=full]1479987[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1479988[/ATTACH] The coin pictured below is the 1st issue of a Caracalla tetradrachm with a debasement of silver from 59% to 35%, initiating the [B]War Tetradrachm[/B] series. My example is a rare unlisted variant without periods separating the obverse inscription. Pictured below it is a regular issue with the periods. [ATTACH=full]1479990[/ATTACH] [B]SYRIA, Antioch. Caracalla, AD 198-217 (struck circa AD 214/5). Billon Tetradrachm: 13.74 gm, 27 mm, 5 h. McAlee 677, Prieur 217, unlisted variant without periods on the obverse. Rare. [I]Ex Michel Prieur Collection. [ATTACH=full]1479993[/ATTACH] [/I] SYRIA, Antioch, Caracalla, AD 198-217. Billon Tetradrachm: 13.60 gm, 26 mm, 12 h. McAlee 677, Prieur 217 regular issue. [I]Photo courtesy of Ancient Coin Traders.[/I][/B][/QUOTE]
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