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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3554754, member: 21445&quot;]Nice selections so far. I have several I can add at the end of the year, so it&#039;s hard to just pick 3 at the moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, I always found even Tranquillina Tetradrachms pricey by many, thankfully Josh of Civitas listed one at a price in my realm and I was surprised it wasn&#039;t pounced on sooner, so I was the pounced.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fi.postimg.cc%252F9FpNZJm6%252Ftranq.jpg%26hash%3Dcd69bfebffa28528328984ee3a9588ee&amp;hash=f2606ad420bf3989a4d5bd41b7157f09" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tranquillina, (241 - 244 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right.</p><p>R: Homonoia standing left, raising arm and holding double cornuacopiae; in left field, L E. year 5 (241/2 A.D.)</p><p>12.5g</p><p>24mm</p><p>Milne 3420 Emmett 3449</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A silver Caligula, sure it&#039;s worn and a provincial, but still, silver! A win for me. Big thanks to [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] for listing it to buy.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F8PFSHYbP%2FCaligula4-Caesarea0341-1.jpg&amp;hash=ee0f19aeed057a339e83673c2f676dce" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Caligula (37-41 A.D.)</p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea</p><p>O: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS Bare head of Caligula to right.</p><p>R: IMPERATOR PONT MAX AVG TR POT Simpulum and lituus.</p><p>3.37g</p><p>18mm</p><p>BMC 102. RIC 63 Sear 1798</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s not to like? 2 Heads, chunky silver, Rare to boot.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F6qBR9cCM%2Fvestit.jpg&amp;hash=25550a1d31e7567197a1374fb5e97e98" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Vespasian (69 - 79 A.D.)</p><p>Antioch, Syria</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>O: AYTOKPAT KAIΣA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY; Head of Vespasian, laureate head right.</p><p>R: (T) ΦΛAYI OYEΣΠ KAIΣ ETOYΣ NEOY IEPOY; Laureate Head of Titus, r.; in r. field, B=Year 2 ( 69-70 AD)</p><p>11.37g</p><p>25mm</p><p>RPC 1941 (2 spec.)., Cf. Prieur 107-107A</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A RPC group 2 tetradrachm attributed to Antioch, but style-wise very similar to Alexandria. RPC speculates the Alexandria style tetradrachms were either struck in Alexandria and then shipped to Antioch, or less likely Alexandrian mint workers were sent to Antioch and produced the coins there. Kevin Butcher speculates these Alexandria style tetradrachms were ordered by the southern Syrian cities from the Alexandria mint for circulation in that part of the province. Of note, Galilee, Samaria, and Judaea were a part of the province of Syria at the time. Interestingly, these tetradrachms in which Titus&#039; portrait is featured on the reverse may have been circulating in the very region where he commanded the legions fighting the Jewish War. Most likely they were struck during the massive military build up before the siege of Jerusalem, providing strong evidence of the important role Titus Caesar held at the time.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>This regnal year 2 type is more commonly seen with a star behind Titus&#039; portrait on the reverse. This is the rarer variant lacking the star.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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