453, Lot: 372. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Volusian. AD 251-253. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.67 g, 11h). 1st officina. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; • below / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; A between legs, S C in exergue. Prieur 693 (this coin); McAlee 1187a; RPC IX 1789. Toned, porosity, slightly irregular flan. VF. Extremely rare, eight known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.