Need Help with Identification Please. Tetradrachm?

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  1. Xodus

    Xodus Well-Known Member

    Appears to be silver. In pretty good condition! Thanks for help with ID.

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    Xodus, Nov 20, 2019
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  3. Ocatarinetabellatchitchix

    Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Well-Known Member

    Hard to see on my little phone...but I think Hostilian Antioch...there are not many emperors bare- headed from this city...
     
    Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, Nov 20, 2019
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  4. Al Kowsky

    Al Kowsky Well-Known Member

    Xodus, Your coin is indeed a billon tet of Hostilian ;). McAlee lists your coin as 1162, & Very Rare :eek:. The coin is in rough shape, never the less a rarity :D.
     
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  5. kevin McGonigal

    kevin McGonigal Well-Known Member

    I believe you are correct about both the mint and denomination and I think I see his name, or parts of it as OSTILIAN(OC) at 9'o'clock.
     
    kevin McGonigal, Nov 20, 2019
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  6. dougsmit

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    Γ OVA OCTIΛ MЄ KVINTOC KЄCAP, as I see it - What I find odd is the name spelled out was Quintus. This legend does not match some of the coins online but variations are not unknown in this series.
     
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  7. Xodus

    Xodus Well-Known Member

    Thanks so much guys! I saw this on the acsearch: Prieur 653; McAlee 1162. Rare obverse legend variant, only two known to Prieur, and only one (this coin) on CoinArchives. @dougsmit
     
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