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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8251222, member: 80952&quot;]I have just won a Decius tetradrachm and I am very happy with it. </p><p>Initially the reverse caught my eye but the portrait is not bad at all. </p><p>Trying to determine the full attribution wasn&#039;t easy but after studying the pics, the portrait is seen from rear and below busts there are 5 dots so my attribution should be correct.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453764[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trajan Decius AD 249-251.</p><p>Billon-Tetradrachm</p><p>26 mm, 12,18 g</p><p>ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜƐ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ϹƐΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear; below bust: ••••• / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C, eagle standing on palm, l., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak</p><p>RPC IX, 1745, Prieur 584 (15), McAlee 1126e[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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