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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8348516, member: 85693"]That is lovely - I didn't know they came in Super Size like this for the D-E types. From eBay scrounging, I'd say all the ΔE types are scarce, certainly compared to the SC types. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a "heavy" ΔE/SC for Macrinus - apparently is is kind of rare because of its heavy size (notes below): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1480983[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Macrinus Æ 18 </b></p><p><b>(217-218 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis & Pieria Antiochia ad Orontem </b></p><p>AVT K M O CE MAKΡIN OCC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SC in wreath fastened with star, Δ above, Є below.</p><p>McAlee 722a (Ex. Rare).</p><p>(7.52 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2020 </p><p><br /></p><p>McAlee notes from a very helpful [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] (thanks again, Al!):</p><p><br /></p><p>"M.M., Your coin by visual comparison sure looks like McAlee 723c, however, the coin he illustrates weighs only 3.6 gm.</p><p><br /></p><p>He does illustrate an Aes coin (722a) 22 mm with a weight of 6.47 gm, listed as Ex. Rare. All the 723 coins a-d are listed as V. Rare. He does add an interesting footnote to 722a:</p><p><br /></p><p>"This unique coin appears to be a transitional type, similar in size & weight to the asses of Caracalla. Apparently there was a small initial issue of bronze coins on the weight standard of Caracalla (weighing c. 7 g) prior to the introduction of coinage to the reduced standard (c. 4 g)."</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know of McAlee's speculation with this footnote holds water since all these coins are so rare . Was the weight standard on these small bronze coins tightly held, with so few examples to draw from it's hard to conclude."</p><p><br /></p><p>From Coin Talk Post January 30, 2020: </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billon-tetradrachm-of-emperor-macrinus.352988/page-2" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billon-tetradrachm-of-emperor-macrinus.352988/page-2">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billon-tetradrachm-of-emperor-macrinus.352988/page-2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8348516, member: 85693"]That is lovely - I didn't know they came in Super Size like this for the D-E types. From eBay scrounging, I'd say all the ΔE types are scarce, certainly compared to the SC types. Here is a "heavy" ΔE/SC for Macrinus - apparently is is kind of rare because of its heavy size (notes below): [ATTACH=full]1480983[/ATTACH] [B]Macrinus Æ 18 (217-218 A.D.) Syria, Seleucis & Pieria Antiochia ad Orontem [/B] AVT K M O CE MAKΡIN OCC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SC in wreath fastened with star, Δ above, Є below. McAlee 722a (Ex. Rare). (7.52 grams / 18 mm) eBay Jan. 2020 McAlee notes from a very helpful [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] (thanks again, Al!): "M.M., Your coin by visual comparison sure looks like McAlee 723c, however, the coin he illustrates weighs only 3.6 gm. He does illustrate an Aes coin (722a) 22 mm with a weight of 6.47 gm, listed as Ex. Rare. All the 723 coins a-d are listed as V. Rare. He does add an interesting footnote to 722a: "This unique coin appears to be a transitional type, similar in size & weight to the asses of Caracalla. Apparently there was a small initial issue of bronze coins on the weight standard of Caracalla (weighing c. 7 g) prior to the introduction of coinage to the reduced standard (c. 4 g)." I don't know of McAlee's speculation with this footnote holds water since all these coins are so rare . Was the weight standard on these small bronze coins tightly held, with so few examples to draw from it's hard to conclude." From Coin Talk Post January 30, 2020: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billon-tetradrachm-of-emperor-macrinus.352988/page-2[/URL] .[/QUOTE]
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