449, Lot: 319. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Didrachm (23mm, 7.25 g, 7h). Struck AD 100. Laureate bust of Trajan right, slight drapery on shoulder / Eagle standing left, palm frond over shoulder; club to left. Prieur 1484 var. (bust type; Tyre); McAlee 484A (this coin cited and illustrated); RPC III 3579.2 (this coin). Toned. VF. Extremely rare – one of only two cited by the authors of RPC.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.