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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4871716, member: 74834"]Thanks for the hint of Tarsus, [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]! </p><p><br /></p><p>RPC online has large Tarsus AEs of Elagabalus, one with Julia Paula, but the ones in RPC are all significantly lighter (mine is of a thick type). For Caracalla I checked ACSearch, and there are some Domnas of the right weight. I noticed that the average condition of these heavy bronzes (a.o. on VCoins) is something like VG, so mine is not too bad after all. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I also have the sylloge catalog of Tahberer on my computer, <i>Ancient Cilician Coins of the Collection of B. Tahberer</i> (2014), a Canadian collector. It is in English and Turkish and counts about 1800 coins, with weight <i>and</i> diameter (<i>Thank you, Mr Tahberer!</i>) and many excellent photos. </p><p>Here are nrs. 1511 and 1512, of Julia Domna. On my coin you can see the crescent under Domna's bust and the <b>π</b> (Pi) to the right of Caracalla. Both coins are 3.5 gr. lighter, but they are a bit chipped. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176449[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176452[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4871716, member: 74834"]Thanks for the hint of Tarsus, [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]! RPC online has large Tarsus AEs of Elagabalus, one with Julia Paula, but the ones in RPC are all significantly lighter (mine is of a thick type). For Caracalla I checked ACSearch, and there are some Domnas of the right weight. I noticed that the average condition of these heavy bronzes (a.o. on VCoins) is something like VG, so mine is not too bad after all. But I also have the sylloge catalog of Tahberer on my computer, [I]Ancient Cilician Coins of the Collection of B. Tahberer[/I] (2014), a Canadian collector. It is in English and Turkish and counts about 1800 coins, with weight [I]and[/I] diameter ([I]Thank you, Mr Tahberer![/I]) and many excellent photos. Here are nrs. 1511 and 1512, of Julia Domna. On my coin you can see the crescent under Domna's bust and the [B]π[/B] (Pi) to the right of Caracalla. Both coins are 3.5 gr. lighter, but they are a bit chipped. [ATTACH=full]1176449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1176452[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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