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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3813386, member: 97383&quot;]I&#039;ve been on a quest to acquire all the Syrian Tets of Antioch, from Trajan Decius, that identify the different Officina (mint work shops) used during his short reign. Of the seven Officina known for Decius I&#039;m missing only two, # 2 and 7. Luck befell me recently with the coin pictured below, won at CNG Auction 453. The coin is from Officina 1, in the group of first issues in the year AD 249, using one dot under the bust. All examples using the one dot mark are scarce or rare, but examples from the first issue are extremely rare. The coin pictured below was once in the collection of Richard McAlee, and sold to Michel Prieur after he wrote his iconic book <b>THE SYRO-PHOENICIAN TETRADRACHMS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, from 57 BC to AD 253</b>. Prieur had one example pictured in his book that I scanned and pictured below, #503. A large chunk of this coin is missing as the photo illustrates. Richard McAlee illustrates another example in his book, <b>The Coins of Roman Antioch</b>, #1105(a), using the same obverse die as my example with a totally different reverse. This coin is also listed as extremely rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016439[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1016440[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016441[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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