MQ Scarce Hostilian / Eagle
Unsold at $200.00
Aug-29-01          [Image]
Seller melqart 

11.9 gr., 25 mm, Alexandria. AE or low billon Tetradrachm. A scarce ruler
in great condition

That interesting Hostilian tetradrachm appears to be a variant of Sear
4301, from Greek Imperial Coins, with the eagle facing right instead of
left, and without the two pellets beneath the obverse bust. The issuing
city was Antiochia ad Orontem in Seleucis and Pieria, Syria. The
inscription on both coins looks exactly the same: Oual. Ostilian. Me.
Kuintos Kesar on the obverse, and Demarkh. Exousias on the back, although
the inscription at the top of the reverse is partially cut off.