Watch List notes:

Hostilian as Caesar. Tetradrachm; Hostilian as Caesar; 250-251 AD, Antiochia ad Orontem, Seleucis and Pieria, Tetradrachm, 10.74g. McAlee-1160b (V. Rare), Prieur-647 (5 spec.), RPC-1717 (3 spec.). Obv: G OYA? OCTI?IAN ME KVINTOC KECAP Bare-headed, draped bust r., seen from front, two pellets below bust (officina 2). Rx: ?HMAPX E?OYCIAC around, S C in exergue, Eagle with spread wings standing l. on palm branch, holding wreath in beak. From the same obverse die as McAlee\'s illustrated specimen. Purchased from Joel Malter, 18 August 1969. Hostilian\'s Antioch tetradrachms are all rare: only twelve specimens turned up in the Dura excavations, compared to 483 of Trajan Decius and 194 of Herennius Etruscus (McAlee, p. 374).. VF