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Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, BI Tetradrachm, Eagle

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Origin: Antioch, Syria
Authority: Trajan Decius
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Composition: Billion
Date: 249-251 AD
Obverse: AYT K G ME KY TΡAIANOC ΔEKIOC CEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; three pellets below
Reverse: ΔHMAΡX EΞOYCIAC, Eagle standing right on palm, holding wreath in beak; SC in exergue
Size: 25mm, 12.4g
Grade: gVF
References: Prieur 581
General: Billion Tetradrachm. Multi-coloured patina. 3 pellets visible behind bust, however possible it is 4 as area adjacent is encrusted. From the famous mint at Antioch which has produced some of the most lifelike portraits of the Roman Emperors. His reign lasting only 2 eyars, Trajan Decius was the first Roman Emperor to to die in battle against a foreign enemy, during the Battle of Abritus.
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Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD, Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria, AE31, Temple
Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD, Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, BI Tetradrachm, Eagle, struck 249-251 AD