Illustrated in McAlee
451, Lot: 344. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Herennia Etruscilla. Augusta, AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.19 g, 6h). 2nd officina. Struck AD 250-251. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent; •• below / Eagle standing right on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 608; McAlee 1165b (
this coin illustrated). Deeply toned, a few light scratches. Good VF. Extremely rare, four known to Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.