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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 11/19/2019 7:01 pm I just can't get a handle on this one. About 22 to 23 mm in diameter, and very thick with the weight coming in at 14.6 grams. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/19/2019 8:24 pm Possibly a tet of Elagabalus from Antiochia ad Orontem. Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 11/21/2019 1:57 pm I'm still researching this. I believe the obverse legend begins with "AVT K M AV". I've found a similar (although not so far as I can tell identical) issue of Elagabalus minted in Markianopolis (Thracia). The catalog reference for that one is Varbanov 1488. Colligo ergo sum Edited by Lucky Cuss 11/21/2019 7:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 11/22/2019 7:23 pm I agree with Bob. It is from the Antioch mint. The greek letters in the reverse fields "Delta" and "Epsilon" stand for "power of the Tribune" and are commonly seen on the reverse pre-reform coinage of this mint. Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 11/23/2019 7:16 pm The problem I'm having in nailing this down is that the Antioch issues with this general design seem to have been executed in silver (or at least billon) rather than bronze. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/23/2019 7:56 pm Some that I've seen are so debased they seem to essentially be AE. Case in point: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5136469 Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 11/27/2019 7:35 pm I bought a similar Elagabalus Tetradrachm of Antioch last year, see my photo. As Bob says, this type was debased. Mine was: 11.77 grams and 23.2 mm diameter. Reference: Prieur 261 It was Billon, which is silver mixed with copper. Obverse: AVT K M A ANTWNEINO-S SEB, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder. Reverse: DEMARK EX UPATOS B, eagle facing, head left, wings open, holding wreath in beak. Star below and Δ - E* across fields. *I'd have used proper Greek letters but they get garbled on this forum. Edited by Masis 11/27/2019 7:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 11/29/2019 3:46 pm Here's one currently being offered on ebay - It appears that these are generally identified as variants of Sear 3096. The pricing of them on the whole seems pretty dear to me (or at least many times what I paid for mine). Are they to any degree scarce or especially desirable? Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
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