453, Lot: 347. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Lot of two (2) BI Tetradrachms (24.5mm, 11.96 g, 12h). 7th officina. Radiate and cuirassed bust right; Z below / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 567 (this coin); McAlee 1137c; RPC IX 1768/2 (this coin cited) // 3rd officina. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; ••• below / Eagle standing right on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 572 (this coin) = McAlee 1127c (this coin illustrated) = RPC IX 1723/1 (this coin cited and illustrated). Both coins toned with rough, porous surfaces. VF. Both coins are extremely rare, two and one known to Prieur respectively, and none in CoinArchives. Two (2) coins in lot. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Second coin is also ex Richard McAlee Collection.