253, Lot: 259. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.82 g, 12h). Struck AD 249-250. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; five pellets below bust / Eagle standing left on palm branch, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 1116e; Prieur 533. Good VF, some striking defects. Rare - five cited by Prieur.