Auction No 48
Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 901(c); Prieur 307; Dura 6 388; BMC Galatia 510 var. (2nd officina); SNG Righetti 2023 var. (4th officina); SNG Cop -, Choice EF, superb portrait, excellent centering and strike, toned, slight porosity, weight 10.77 g, maximum diameter 26.5 mm, die axis 45o, 3rd officina, Rome or Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 244 or 246 A.D.; obverse AYTOK K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOY CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC (holder of Tribunitian power), eagle standing facing on ground line, wings open, head and tail left, Γ upper right, wreath in beak, S - C (senatus consulto - [minted with] permission or the senate) divided below wings, MON VRB (Moneta Urbis - city [Rome] mint) in exergue.
From the Eichner Yosef collection.