SYRIA. Antioch. Hostilian, as Caesar (AD 251). BI tetradrachm (27mm, 11.74 gm, 8h). AU. 7th officina, AD 250-251. Γ OYAΛ OCTIΛIAN MЄ KYINTOC KЄCAP, bare headed, draped bust of Hostilian right, seen from front; Z below / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing facing on palm, head left, wreath in beak, tail right, wings spread; S C below. Prieur 652 (2 known). McAlee 1160e. Very rare and as noted by McAlee (p."Hostilian's Antiochene provincial coins are the rarest of the emperors of the 3rd century."

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