Unique Uranius Antoninus Tetradrachm

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 860. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $10500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. AR Tetradrachm (9.17 g, 12h). Reformed tetradrachm issue. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia; S C to left. Baldus Suppl. I, Type 6, 26 (dies F/l – this coin, illustrated) = Prieur 1076 (this coin referenced). Good VF, toned. Unique, the only example known to Baldus and Prieur.

From the Dr. Jörg W. Müller Collection.