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Numismatic Sale #100  –  4 May 2021

Agora Auctions, Numismatic Sale #100

Ancient, Medieval and World Coins, Antiquities

Tu, 04.05.2021, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Description

Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orontem. Trajan. A.D. 98-117. BI tetradrachm (23.45 mm, 13.61 g, 6 h). Struck A.D. 112-117. AVTOK[P KAIC NEP ...T]PAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head of Trajan right; beneath, club to left and Eagle standing right, / [ΔHMAΡX] ЄΞ Iς ΥΠAT Eς (= "6 times consul" = A.D. 112-117), Tyche of Antioch seated right on rocks holding two grain-ears and poppy-head; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming right, looking left . RPC III 3543; McAlee 471; Prieur 1499, Wruck 163 . Rough VF, lightly toned, somewhat off-center on somewhat ovoid flan, losing half of legend on both sides, lamination.

From the Tom Buggey Collection.

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Price realized 65 USD
Starting price 45 USD
Estimate 75 USD
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