435, Lot: 260. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 12.35 g, 12h). Group 2 (debased silver). 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 in exergue. Baldus 19; Prieur 1048; RPC IX 1896. Near VF, dark green to black patina with earthen highlights/deposits.