453, Lot: 351. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.29 g, 6h). 4th officina. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; •••• below / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 582; McAlee 1126d (this coin illustrated); RPC IX 1735/16 (this coin cited). Toned, some porosity. Good VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.