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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2436460, member: 19463&quot;]I fail to understand the need to call Greek language bronzes by Roman names but the standard here seems to be &#039;as&#039; struck at Rome for circulation in Syria.&nbsp; We also have a Latin language coin called by that same name and description.&nbsp; This design also comes in a half size which we call a semis.&nbsp; Perhaps someone up on the recent scholarship can make this clear.&nbsp; I assume the &#039;for circulation in Syria&#039; come from find spots of the coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]506963[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My tendency would be to accept the silvering as someone trying to make the coin pass as a tetradrachm.&nbsp; It is interesting that the Sydenham listing places the coin at a different city.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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