453, Lot: 354. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.91 g, 12h). 5th officina. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; ••••• below / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 598 (this coin); McAlee 1135e; RPC IX 1747/5 (this coin cited). Toned, some porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, four known to Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.