453, Lot: 369. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. BI Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 11.87 g, 12h). 7th officina. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; Z below / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; Z between legs, S C in exergue. Prieur 669 corr. (
this coin; this coin matches the obv. legend given for 670); McAlee 1173g; RPC IX 1814/11 (
this coin cited). Toned with underlying luster, some porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, three known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.
Prieur miscatalogued this coin as 669 in his catalog. It should be 670.