RY90506. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 1125(d), Prieur 583, Dura Coins 517; RPC IX 1708; BMC Galatia -, gVF, superb portrait, sharp details, grainy, porous, 4th officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 11.813g, maximum diameter 32.2mm, die axis 0
o, 249 - 250 A.D.; obverse AYT K Γ ME KY TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC CEB (
Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right from behind, four pellets below; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC (holder of Tribunitian power), eagle standing right on palm, head right, wings open wreath in beak, S C (
senatus consulto) in exergue;
scarce;
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