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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4715312, member: 99456"]That's a nice "dotted wing" example and great portrait with heavy brow. Here's my favorite Caracalla tetradrachm:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156172[/ATTACH] Coelesyria, Damascus, <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'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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4715312, member: 99456"]That's a nice "dotted wing" example and great portrait with heavy brow. Here's my favorite Caracalla tetradrachm: [ATTACH=full]1156172[/ATTACH] Coelesyria, Damascus, [B]Caracalla[/B], AD 198-217, AR Tetradrachm [B]Struck:[/B] circa AD 215-217 [B]Size:[/B] 24-28mm, 11.62g [B]Obv: [/B]AVT KAI ANTωNINOC CЄ, laureate head right of Caracalla [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's head left [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: [URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/90016904']Nurpetlian, J. (2014)[/URL]. 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.[/QUOTE]
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