453, Lot: 341. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (29mm, 11.70 g, 6h). 1st officina. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; • below / Eagle standing right on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 537; McAlee 1119a (this coin illustrated); RPC IX 1626. Toned, a hint of porosity, a few deposits on the reverse. Good VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.