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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2506261, member: 76194&quot;][ATTACH=full]532447[/ATTACH]</p><p>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan, 98-117 AD. AR Tetradrachm</p><p>Laureate head with eagle below / Head of Melqart draped in lion skin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, it was bound to happen. I got me my first Roman Tetradrachm, and it just so happens to have the coolest Roman Emperor ever, Trajan! And look at that sleek eagle below his bust. And on the reverse is Melqart, the Phoenician version of Hercules?</p><p><br /></p><p>Melqart looks sort of like the incredible hulk...all pumped up! But he does have a little bit of resemblance to Caracalla, does he not?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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