451, Lot: 349. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 9.64 g, 12h). 4th officina. Struck AD 252-253. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; •••• below / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; Δ in exergue, S-C below wings. Prieur 688; McAlee 1178d. Lustrous, a touch of porosity, a few light scratches and marks. Good VF. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.