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Trajan Decius Antioch Eagle Tetradrachm

Specimen · trajan-decius-antioch-eagle-tetradrachm-001

The Coin

Obverse
Obverse — radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right, seen from behind, the officina numeral Ϛ (6) below; ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ. Cropped and centred from the house photograph, no other retouching.
Image source & licence

Image: NGC PhotoVision (NGCcoin.com) via Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63074.

Reverse
Reverse — eagle standing left on a palm branch, wings spread, wreath in its beak; ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ around, S C below. The dark-red deposit above the eagle's head is on the coin. Cropped and centred from the house photograph, no other retouching.
Image source & licence

Image: NGC PhotoVision (NGCcoin.com) via Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63074.

Grading Label

Grading Label
The NGC holder, front — label and obverse. SYRIA, ANTIOCH · Trajan Decius, AD 249–251 · BI Tetradrachm · XF · certification 8748190-288. An older-style NGC Ancients label: no weight, no sub-grades. Heritage's credit strip trimmed from the bottom; otherwise as supplied.
Image source & licence

Image: Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63074.

Grading Label Reverse
The NGC holder, back — the reverse through the plastic, with the hologram and verification panel. Credit strip trimmed; otherwise as supplied.
Image source & licence

Image: Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63074.

Attribution: Syria (Seleucis and Pieria). Antioch. Trajan Decius (Gaius Messius Quintus Decius). AD 249–251 (the house: c. AD 249–250, 6th officina; the whole reign is two years). BI. tetradrachm.

Obverse: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right, seen from behind; the officina numeral Ϛ (6) below the bust

Reverse: Eagle standing left on a palm branch, wings spread, wreath in its beak; S C below

Weight: NO WEIGHT EXISTS FOR THIS COIN FROM ANY SOURCE, and now none ever will: the NGC label of this older style carries none, Heritage's cataloguing gives none, and the coin is sealed and staying sealed. RPC's average for the issue is 10.76 g on 27 mm. · 25 mm · axis 180°  Reference: Prieur 546

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