116, Lot: 168. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1025. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emisa. Uranius Antoninus. 253-254 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (26mm, 10.30 g, 12h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing facing, head turned left with wreath in beak; S C to either side of wings, EMICA in exergue. Prieur 1032; BMC Galatia pg. 240, 22; Baldus pl. I, 4. Near VF, corroded surfaces. Rare and popular.