Syria, Caracalla : Tetradrachm

Did I mentioned I'm buying way too many coins? Its just like they say, its like potato chips, you just can't stop at one. Well here is another coin I recently got


Syria, Seleucis and Pieria - Laodicea ad Mare Caracalla
Tetradrachm
198-217 A.D. / AR25 , 12.8g
O: AVT K M A ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, Laureate head right
R: ΔHMAPX [Є]Ξ VΠATOC TO Δ, Eagle standing facing, head left with wreath in beak and wings spread, star between legs
Prieur 1179

Lets see them other tets and eagles.

 

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It is a nice coin, good score.

 

What a petulant looking portrait. Great detail.

 

I think its Laodicea ad Mare.

Looks like mine.


Caracalla 198-217 A.D
AR Tetradrachm
Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria
O: AYT K M A ANTΩNEINOC CEB, laureate head right.
R: ∆HMAPX EΞ YΠATOC TO ∆, facing eagle, head left holding wreath in beak, star between legs.
27mm
12.5g
Prieur 1179

 

Nice one. I love the portrait of Caracalla. He looks like he is puckering up to give someone a kiss. But then again, he was always a sweet and wise ruler, despite what @Bing has to say about him. I love Caracalla!

@icerain Is it billon or silver?

 

Its billon

 

One last question, did you buy it from another forum member? I swear I've seen this exact coin in a post about 6 or 7 months ago. I can't recall who, but I'm pretty sure of that.

 

Thanks Mat. The seller's label was completely wrong so I had to ID it myself. Took a little longer then expected and totally forgot to input the legends.

 

Nope, picked this up from an online store.

 

PET-u-lant... NICE.wooorrrd...

NICE capture @icerain ... Nice TET!!!

 

I have but a Denarius of this PET-u-lant Emperor...


RI Caracalla 198-217 AR Denarius MONETA

 

Yep. Had to look that un up too.

 

I really love the severe portrait! A most wonderful acquisition.

 

nice looking tet IR, good details, awesome caracalla scowl....bravo.

 

Very cool OP-winner ... congrats, icerain (great new Caracalla)

 

Thanks guys when I saw it online it was really the portrait that sold it. Then I got it in hand and noticed the toning on the reverse. You can't really see it in the picture but its got a nice target toning of orange and blue all around it.

 

My coin is not Caracalla, but it's similar enough I hope:


Herennius Etruscus, AD 251
Tetradrachm, 27mm, 11.7g; 12h; Antioch, Syria
Obv.: EPENNE TPOY ME KY ΔEKIOC KECAP; bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, three dots beheath bust (=officiana 3)
Rev.: ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC; eagle standing right on palm branch, head right, tail left, wreath in beak
In Ex.: SC

I have a Roman Provincial sub-theme of Caracalla coins, but they're all bronze.

 

That's a nice fat eagle on the reverse of your coin. As luck would have it, she posed for me this afternoon, and I let my artistic talents depict her in a more natural way. I hope you like her, and if not, oh well, remember that artists use artistic licensing all the time to add their own personal touch.

So, should I quit law and become an artist? Nah!

 

It would be a more noble profession, although, with your talent, we will still laugh at you behind your back.

 

Ouch, I just got burned!