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447, Lot: 316. Estimate $300.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 10.38 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ЄMICA/[S C] in exergue. Baldus 1; Prieur 1034; RPC IX 1881. Toned, encrusted, corroded, and rough surfaces. Near VF. Extremely rare, only three noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.


From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased privately from CNG off of eBay, 1999.