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Electronic Auction 469

Lot nuber 247

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Didrachm (21.5mm, 6.94 g, 7h). Struck AD 98-99.


Electronic Auction 469
Lot: 247.
 Estimated: $ 300

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.

From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Dr. George Spradling Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 347, 25 March 2015), lot 397; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 50 (9 October 2002), lot 44; Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 10 June 1970), lot 408.


Closing Date and Time: 3 June 2020 at 11:22:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.