SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 15.03 g, 6h). Struck AD 103-111. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 563
Lot: 518.
Closing Date: Jun 5 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Silver

Estimate: $ 300

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 15.03 g, 6h). Struck AD 103-111. Laureate head of Trajan right, set on eagle standing right; club to right / Laureate large bust of Melkart-Hercules right, with lion’s skin tied around neck. McAlee 455A; RPC III 3529; Prieur 1495A (Tyre). Toned, a few light scratches, minor porosity. Good VF. Very rare with the larger bust of Melkart, only one example known to Prieur, ten in CoinArchives, and three specimens cited by the authors of RPC.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 480 (11 November 2020), lot 396; Edward J. Waddell 93 (4 March 2005), lot 17 (inv. 43670).


Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 12:52:20 ET.

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