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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rexesq, post: 1373537, member: 5739&quot;]Nice one Randy, I like it too,(I always liked and was interested in the three large dots to the right, slightly below the cornucopia being held on these particular types) and great advice doug, I could not agree more, in the past I have bought a few Ancient coins due more to the thought of an increase in value, than my own like of the coin itself, but I can honestly say I never bought a coin I didn&#039;t like.... I also haven&#039;t sold any Ancient coins, heh, traded a few, but any of the coins I may have bought partly thinkin&#039; they might increase in value have grown on me, and become part of my personal collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>But these days I try to follow your reccomendation fully doug, I truly enjoy the coins I do end up spending my hard earned and what is seemingly less each month ammounts of money on.... I make sure it is something I truly want in my collection, hopefully to stay with me and to be bequethed to whomever I see fit after my death.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that in mind I truly love this coin, I loved the one that I saw a while ago, the only other one I ever saw for sale with this portrait, I always thought it was Elagabalus myself, but that&#039;s what the one was being sold as so.... but anyways I loved the young portrait style the moment I saw it, and when I saw this example for sale I had to have it. I haven&#039;t seen many Syrian tetradrachmai of such a young person, which as was said would make more sense for young Caracalla, but it does have the title &#039;AVTK&#039; = Autocraticus, and Elagabalus did have some very young portraits on some of his&nbsp; coins struck in Rome, like the one in my avatar.... either way, I will like it the same. Whether it is rare or not, I just like the portrait style, it is elaborate and well done. The eagle is great too by the way, I like it&#039;s stance compared to some other tets. I also like the clarity of the three dots at the tips of the laurel leaves on his portrait, I have some Caracalla tets with large dots between words and I always liked that too... I guess I always had a thing for the dots on Roman coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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