SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.38 g, 7h). Struck AD 215-217. Good VF.Electronic Auction 551 Roman Provincial, Billon Sold For $ 170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (29mm, 12.38 g, 7h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed and holding wreath in beak; between its legs, star above cornucopia. McAlee 693; Prieur 241 (this coin; first example illustrated [CP 637]). Lightly toned with underlying luster, minor roughness, obverse double struck. Good VF. Very rare, nine known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives. |