437, Lot: 258. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia). Æ (20.5mm, 8.24 g, 12h). Countermark applied during the reign of Trajan, AD 103-117. ΔAK in rectangular countermark on a bronze of Trajan from Balanea, dated CY 55 (AD 103/4). Host: RPC III 3812; SNG Copenhagen 306; BMC 3. C/m: Howgego 529. Host Near VF, dark green to black patina with some light earthen highlights/deposits; c/m: VF.

From the Richard Baker Collection.