Brockage Trajan Decius Tetradrachm

439, Lot: 395. Estimate $150. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Brockage Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.87 g, 12h). 2nd officina. Struck AD 249-250. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; •• below / Incuse of obverse. Cf. Prieur 524 for obv. type; cf. McAlee 1116b for obv. type. VF, toned, some roughness, a few spots of verdigris. Tetradrachm brockages are extremely rare.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from John Jencek.