SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 11.91 g, 8h). 2nd officina. Struck AD 250-251.

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 11.91 g, 8h). 2nd officina. Struck AD 250-251. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, gorgoneion on breastplate; •• below / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. McAlee 1145; Prieur 554. Toned with underlying luster, minor porosity, a few deposits. EF.

Ex Bill Behnen Collection (Gemini XIII, 6 April 2017), lot 366, purchased from Fred Knobloch, ANA convention, 15 August 1966; Knobloch FPL 25 (December 1964), no. 246.


Closing Date and Time: 1 September 2021 at 12:00:00 ET.

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