453, Lot: 343. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.83 g, 6h). 5th officina. Laureate and cuirassed bust right; ••••• below / Eagle standing right on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 561 (
this coin); McAlee 1129; RPC IX 1750/2 (
this coin cited); Bland, “Six Hoards of Syrian Tetradrachms of the Third Century AD,” (
The Numismatic Chronicle 1991), p. 28, no. 76 (
this coin–illustrated on pl. 11). Lightly toned, porosity. VF. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.