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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3606319, member: 19463&quot;]Preference and there are not quite as many engraved in lesser style as I see it.&nbsp; Style judgement includes a dose of preference.&nbsp; I was once told by a dealer expert/jerk that the only Severan mint to collect was Rome because the others were all barbarous.&nbsp; Art critics tell us that they know everything on a regular basis.&nbsp; I pity those who buy art they don&#039;t like because someone else told them to.&nbsp; If all art means to you is investment, we have nothing to discuss. Preferences are not always easy to explain and need not be shared by all concerned.&nbsp; I have always had a preference for the styles of some provincial mints.&nbsp; Of course my favorite is Alexandria but I do not own a tetradrachm of Caracalla from there.&nbsp; Below is my drachm.&nbsp; I would prefer it didn&#039;t have the cracks but the coin&#039;s greatest fault (to my preferences) is the weak B? on the reverse right (LKB date).&nbsp; Emmett lists about 20 Caracalla tetradrachm reverses of Alexandria.&nbsp; All are R5.&nbsp; I have seen none. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]965526[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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