RY94950. Billon tetradrachm, Bellinger Syria 42, SNG Cop VII 236, McAlee 758, Prieur 249 var. (both ties behind neck), Dura Coins -, F, toned, minor encrustations, light marks, light porosity, tight flan cutting off much of legends, Laodicea ad Mare (Latakia, Syria) mint, weight 12.544g, maximum diameter 23.7mm, die axis 180
o, 219 A.D.; obverse AVT K M A ANTWNEINOC CEB, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder, one wreath tie on neck; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC YΠ B (holder of Tribunitian power, consul for the second time), eagle standing facing, wings spread, head left, wreath in beak, Δ - E (Δ EΠAPCEIΩN - of the four eparchies) flanking eagle's head, star between legs; from the Ray Nouri Collection;
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