453, Lot: 353. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. 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, 12.58 g, 11h). 4th officina. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; •••• below / Eagle standing right on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 597; McAlee 1134d (
this coin illustrated); RPC IX 1739/4 (
this coin cited). Toned, some minor porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, five known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.