Vespian AR Tetradrachm

[Rob P]

Hello,

Im new to the boards and have spent a couple years picking up random coins. Heres one of my favorites. Supposedly a year 1 AR tetradrachm, want to see what the pros think. Was found in Desert around Dubai. A bit worn on rev, 24mm and 11.39g purchased from AIA dealer. There are a few with this design having trouble pinpointing which is mine. Thank you all in advance im excited to take learning to a new level

[Mat]

Looks fine to me

[Rob P]

Thank you for your opinion!

[shanxi]

According to Emmett there is year 1, 2 and 3 for this type (all three Emmett 205), but with this obverse legend only year 2 and 3 .

For me it looks like LB, year 2 , not year 3:


LB: [AV]TOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OV[EΣΠAΣIANOV]

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1595514
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/2412


also RPC list no year one for this legend

[Rob P]

2 does look pretty close but i think my nose shape is different? Looks like i only have dots in my upper wings as well. Very cool never noticed the LB before thank you very much!

[Rob P]

Found it under Milne 382.1 on wildwinds thanks all so much!

[shanxi]

MIlne  382 is a year 1 with different obverse legend.

Milne Scan

[FlaviusDomitianus]

Year 2 (LB) for me too, no doubt about it.

Alberto

[Rob P]

Is there any actual AR tetradrachm or are they all billion? Thank you all so much so happy to have found this place after stumbling around a couple years and ending up woth a couple fakes

[Rob P]

@Shanxi thank you for that chart!

[djmacdo]

These Alexandrian tetradrachms are low-grade billon by the mid-first century AD.  The Syrian tetradrachms from the same era are better silver, but still somewhat debased.

[Rob P]

Thank you

[Rob P]

Found this silver target and percentage chart for anyone looking for the same information on Alexandrian Tetradrachms