Prieur Plate Coin
Outstanding Portrait

439, Lot: 419. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Volusian. AD 251-253. BI Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 10.57 g, 6h). 3rd officina. Struck AD 251. Radiate and draped bust right; ••• below / Eagle standing left on ground line, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; Γ between legs, S C in exergue. Prieur 698 (this coin); McAlee 1188c. EF, toned, small obverse lamination flaw, reverse die crack.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.