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ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of five (5) River-god themed provincial tetradrachms, Trajan from Antioch. Includes:
1) SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.08 g, 6h). Struck AD 103-111. Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy heads with right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right, head left. McAlee 468; RPC III 3534; Prieur 1493 (Tyre). Toned, porosity. Good Fine.
2) SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.06 g, 6h). Struck AD 103-111. Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy heads with right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right, head left. McAlee 468; RPC III 3534; Prieur 1493 (Tyre). Toned, minor deposits and porosity. Good Fine.
3) SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.90 g, 6h). Struck AD 110-111. Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy heads with right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right, head left; IЄ YΠAT Є (date) in legend. McAlee 470; RPC III 3540; Prieur 1498 (Tyre). Deeply toned, light porosity. Good VF.
4) SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.44 g, 5h). Struck AD 110-111. Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy heads with right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right, head left; IЄ YΠAT Є (date) in legend. McAlee 470; RPC III 3540; Prieur 1498 (Tyre). Deeply toned, light porosity. Good VF. Purchased from Jonathan Kern.
5) SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.17 g, 6h). Struck AD 113-114. Laureate head right; below, club left and eagle standing right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppy heads with right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right, head left; IH YΠAT Ϛ (date) in legend. McAlee 473; RPC III 3551.14 (this coin); Prieur 1501 (Tyre). Lightly toned, mild porosity. Near VF. Ex Charles E. Weber Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 64, 7 May 2003), lot 215
. For Lot: Good Fine-Good VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.
Closing Date and Time: 1 November 2023 at 15:35:40 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
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