253, Lot: 258. Estimate $100. Sold for $86. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.68 g, 12h). Struck AD 249-250. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; five pellets below bust / Eagle standing left on palm branch, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 1116e; Prieur 533. Near EF, some deposits. Rare.