449, Lot: 320. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Didrachm (22mm, 6.65 g, 7h). Struck AD 100. Laureate bust of Trajan right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left, palm frond over shoulder; club to left. Prieur 1484 var. (bust type; Tyre); McAlee 485 (this coin cited and illustrated); RPC III 3580.3 (this coin). A few flaws and deposits. Fine. Extremely rare – one of only four cited by the authors of RPC.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Richard McAlee Collection.