SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. BI Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 10.23 g, 7h). Struck AD 244.

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Lot: 292. Estimated: $ 75

Roman Provincial, Billon

Sold For $ 60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. BI Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 10.23 g, 7h). Struck AD 244. Draped bust left, wearing stephane, set on crescent below bust / Eagle standing facing on palm frond, head left and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. McAlee 1087b; RPC VIII Online 29003; Prieur 326. Toned, porous, deposits. VF. Rare.

RPC does not distinguish between the bust types with the crescent set behind or below the bust. However, McAlee notes: (a) Crescent behind bust (V. Rare), (b) Crescent below bust (Ex. Rare). Of the seven specimens recorded by RPC, only two have the crescent below the bust, like on the coin being sold here.

Closing Date and Time: 5 January 2022 at 11:37:00 ET.

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