430, Lot: 276. Estimate $1000. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 10.52 g, 12h). Group 2. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; S C beneath wings. Baldus 18; Prieur 1053; RPC IX 1884 var. (head and tail of eagle left). VF, toned, some roughness, irregular edge. Extremely rare variety.