453, Lot: 345. 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 (25.5mm, 12.52 g, 6h). 2nd officina. Radiate and cuirassed bust right; •• below / Eagle standing right on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 565 (
this coin); McAlee 1136a; RPC IX 1712/2 (
this coin cited). Toned, porous. VF. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.