451, Lot: 337. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.49 g, 6h). 2nd officina. Struck AD 249-250. Laureate and cuirassed bust right; •• below / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 511; McAlee 1118. Lightly toned with underlying luster, obverse stain and light porosity. EF. Extremely rare, three known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 208 (16 October 2012), lot 1871.