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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Factor, post: 4346628, member: 96413&quot;]For a while it has been quite a discussion whether Syrian and Phoenician tetradrachms from the time of Caracalla and Macrinus attributed to many cities have indeed been produced in these cities and not in some centralized mint. Look at the style of this Tyre bronze - it is identical to tetradrachms!</p><p><br /></p><p>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Dichalkon (26mm, 12.80 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread and wreath in beak; in background, vexillum inscribed LEG/III/GAL; murex shell to right. Rouvier 2319; AUB –; BMC –. Near VF. Very rare.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1100725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1100726[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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