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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rexesq, post: 1371835, member: 5739&quot;]Hello again fellow coin enthusiasts. I recently purchased this BEAUTY of a Syrian Tetradrachm. Now I have only ever seen <u>ONE</u> of this bust type for sale on ebay ever...... and it was a BIN of like 200 or 300 USD, I forget..... </p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is..... who is this a Tetradrachm of? Is it a young portrait of Caracalla? or a less than common portrait of Elagabalus (who&#039;s portrait is usually just of his head on most of his Syrian Tetradrachmai) ? Since I know that both Elagabalus and Caracalla used the same title of &#039;M AURELIUS ANTONINUS&#039; in Greek on the obverse of their Tets. Also, can anyone tell the date... I know the reverse has decent ammount of wear on the lettering.</p><p><br /></p><p>In conclusion, I <b>LOVE </b>this coin!!! Whomever may have struck it. The portrait is just breathtaking and wonderful, check out the three dots at the tip of each laurel leaf on his Laureate crown..... I just love those, and I like other Tetradrachm coins that have the three dots at the tip of the Laureate crown, I have some of Philip II and other emperors with the same dots at the tip of the laurel leaves, I find it amusing and interesting. But I just cannot speak enough about how much I like this coin and about how beautiful and attractive I find it, but I am just looking for the correct info, and as much of it as possible, to write on the envelope for this coin, envelopes that I use to keep my coins in.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Notes: Sadly for now I only have the seller pic, but will work on getting some new ones as soon as possible, could take a little bit though.... I still think the seller photo shos pretty good detail.... enough for an ID at least.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help or info is appreciated.... As I said I have only ever seen this type of tet with this exact same obv portrait ONCE in my life, and that person had it labelled as being a &#039;Tetradrachm of Elagabalus&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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