RY113510. Billon tetradrachm, RPC Online IX 1689; McAlee 1126(a); Prieur 576; BMC Galatia p. 222, 579; Dura Coins 506; SNG Cop -, Choice gVF, toned, red and green areas, 1st officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 10.471g, maximum diameter 26.8mm, die axis 0
o, 250 - 251 A.D.; obverse AVT K Γ ME KY TPAIANOC ΔEKIOC CEB (
Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, one pellet below; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC (holder of Tribunitian power), eagle standing left on palm branch, head left, tail right, wings spread, wreath in beak, S C (
senatus consulto) in exergue;
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