Two Rare Issues of Uranius Antoninus

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3139. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Uranius Antoninus. Usurper, AD 253-254. BI Tetradrachm (11.32 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; S C across field. Baldus 20 (dies XIV/18); Prieur -. VF, dark green and brown patina. Rare.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.