SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Didrachm (21.5mm, 6.94 g, 7h). Struck AD 98-99.Electronic Auction 469 Roman Provincial, Silver Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Didrachm (21.5mm, 6.94 g, 7h). Struck AD 98-99. Laureate head right / Draped bust of Baalat-Hera right, holding scepter and papyrus roll(?). McAlee 483/2 (this coin illustrated); Metcalf, Caesarea 58 var. (Baalat-Hera left); Sydenham, Caesarea 174 var. (same); RPC III 3577/3 (this coin cited). Attractively toned, a few light marks and scratches. VF. Very rare, with McAlee citing only one other example, which is in his collection, and four specimens cited by the authors of RPC, including this coin. |