SYRIA. Antioch. Hostilian, as Caesar (AD 251). BI tetradrachm (25mm, 11.93 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF. AD 250-251. Γ OYAΛ OCTIΛIAN MЄ KYINTOC KЄCAP, bare headed, draped bust of Hostilian right, seen from front; ••• below / ΔHMAP-X ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing left on palm, head left, tail right, wreath in beak, wings spread; S C below. Prieur 649 (1 example known in Prieur.) Very rare and as noted by McAlee (p. 376) - "Hostilian's Antiochene provincial coins are the rarest of the emperors of the 3rd century."

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