453, Lot: 346. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.06 g, 5h). 5th 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 565B = McAlee 1136c (this coin illustrated) = RPC IX 1752/2 (this coin cited). Toned, minor verdigris, a touch of porosity. Good VF. Nice surfaces for issue. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Richard McAlee Collection.