Published by McAlee and RPC

436, Lot: 351. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.99 g, 6h). Struck AD 98-99. AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIA-NOC CЄB ΓЄPM, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠAT B, eagle standing facing on palm frond, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur –; McAlee 435/2 (this coin, illustrated); RPC III 3520.3 (this coin). VF, toned. Extremely rare with this bust type, this coin 1 of only 5 cited in RPC.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 130 (9 March 2004), lot 1916.