453, Lot: 374. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Volusian. AD 251-253. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.01 g, 7h). 6th officina. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; ς below / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ς between legs, S C in exergue. Prieur 702 (
this coin); McAlee 1188e; RPC IX 1810/5 (
this coin cited). Toned, minor porosity. VF. Very rare, two known to Prieur, and six in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.