451, Lot: 343. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.43 g, 6h). 7th officina. Struck AD 250-251. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; Z (retrograde) below / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 602; McAlee 1135g (this coin illustrated). Toned, some porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, four known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.