Roman Billon tetradrachm Coin

Inv. No.: c133
Provenance: Antioch
Date: A.D. 249-251 (Hayes).
Weight: 10.81g
 
Obv.: Trajan Decius, laureate, draped.

Rev.: Eagle, wreath in beak, wings open.
...C. S.C.

The eagle reverse is an unwitting tribute to the king-making power of the Roman army of the third century A.D. Decius, previously devoted to Philip II, acquiesced when rebel soldiers of the Moesian and Pannonian legions proclaimed him Emperor in A.D. 249. After a brief reign he too fell victim to treachery, that of Trebonianus Gallus, in the course of a battle with the Goths, A.D. 251. He was lost in a morass and his body was never recovered.

Comparanda:
BMCG, Antioch 578.