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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8348467, member: 85693"]Here's a really cruddy tet for Elagabalus I got in an eBay lot - I share it because the three dots above the bust are clearly not part of the beaded border. This is not to say yours might not be the border - I'm know very little about these. But on mine, it is clearly "interpuncts separating the legend."</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see from my notes, my attribution is not a product of self-confidence!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1480973[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Elagabalus Billon Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>(219 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis & Pieria Antiochia ad Orontem </b></p><p>[Α]VΤ Κ Μ Α... ΑΝΤωΝ[ΕΙΝΟC CEB], laureate bust right, with slight drapery over far shoulder / ΔΗΜΑΡ[Χ ΕΞ YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β] eagle standing facing, head right, with wreath, Δ-Є, [star below].</p><p>(11.39 grams / 22 x 21 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2021 Lot@$2.50 BIN </p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b> Many types of tetradrachm for Elagabalus; characteristics of this one:</p><p><b>Obv:</b> [Α]VΤ Κ Μ Α... ΑΝΤ...and three dots; laureate bust with slight drapery</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Eagle head right, ΔΗΜΑΡ...</p><p>McAlee 761; Prieur 254.</p><p><b>Note:</b> Carrhae mint? Several CGB.fr auctions on acsearch note a Carrhae-type eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have one of these "K A" types, but just last week I encountered them while working on a Marcus Aurelius Antioch SC type that I thought was Lucius Verus - and found the K A types while going through RPC. So they apparently pre-date Elagabalus, but I don't know anything about them except I'd like to score one some day! Here's an RPC example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1480976[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7154" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7154" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7154</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8348467, member: 85693"]Here's a really cruddy tet for Elagabalus I got in an eBay lot - I share it because the three dots above the bust are clearly not part of the beaded border. This is not to say yours might not be the border - I'm know very little about these. But on mine, it is clearly "interpuncts separating the legend." As you can see from my notes, my attribution is not a product of self-confidence! [B][ATTACH=full]1480973[/ATTACH] Elagabalus Billon Tetradrachm (219 A.D.) Syria, Seleucis & Pieria Antiochia ad Orontem [/B] [Α]VΤ Κ Μ Α... ΑΝΤωΝ[ΕΙΝΟC CEB], laureate bust right, with slight drapery over far shoulder / ΔΗΜΑΡ[Χ ΕΞ YΠΑΤΟC ΤΟ Β] eagle standing facing, head right, with wreath, Δ-Є, [star below]. (11.39 grams / 22 x 21 mm) eBay Nov. 2021 Lot@$2.50 BIN [B]Attribution Notes:[/B] Many types of tetradrachm for Elagabalus; characteristics of this one: [B]Obv:[/B] [Α]VΤ Κ Μ Α... ΑΝΤ...and three dots; laureate bust with slight drapery [B]Rev:[/B] Eagle head right, ΔΗΜΑΡ... McAlee 761; Prieur 254. [B]Note:[/B] Carrhae mint? Several CGB.fr auctions on acsearch note a Carrhae-type eagle. I don't have one of these "K A" types, but just last week I encountered them while working on a Marcus Aurelius Antioch SC type that I thought was Lucius Verus - and found the K A types while going through RPC. So they apparently pre-date Elagabalus, but I don't know anything about them except I'd like to score one some day! Here's an RPC example: [ATTACH=full]1480976[/ATTACH] [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7154[/URL][/QUOTE]
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