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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2965305, member: 56859&quot;]It&#039;s ugly and worthless.&nbsp; Send it to me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kidding, of course.&nbsp; I love this type!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is Triptolemos driving a biga of serpents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a high-grade example from CNG&#039;s archives:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/90060178.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sale: Nomos 6, Lot: 178.</b> Estimate CHF950.</p><p>Closing Date: Monday, 7 May 2012.</p><p>Sold For CHF950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tarsus, Cilicia. Caracalla. 198-217. </b>Tetrassarion (Bronze, 31mm, 16.26 g 6), c. 214-217. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥΗΡ[ΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC] CΕΒ Π Π Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. <i>Rev.</i> ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗC CΕΟΥΗΡ....... ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΚΑ /ΓΒ Triptolemos, sowing grain with his right hand and holding a grain sack in his left, standing right in car drawn by two serpents to right. SNG Levante 1049 (<i>this coin</i>). SNG Paris 1509-1510 (<i>same obverse die</i>). A rare and most interesting piece of fine style. Dark green patina. Good very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the M Collection, and from the collection of E. Levante, Triton VII, 12 January 2004, 803.</i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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