★ Published in McAlee and RPC ★
Trajan AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 100. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head right, set on eagle standing right; palm behind bust, club before / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤ Γ, laureate head of Melqart right, with lion skin tied around neck. McAlee 452/1 (this coin); RPC 3526/9 (this coin); Prieur 1482. 15.19g, 29mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine; attractive light cabinet tone with underlying golden lustre. Rare.
This coin published in R. McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch (Lancaster, 2007);
This coin published in A. Burnett, M. Amandry, I. Carradice, Roman Provincial Coinage, vol. II (London and Paris, 1999);
Ex Michel Prieur Collection;
Ex Richard McAlee Collection, Harlan J. Berk Ltd, BBS 64, 20 November 1990, lot 376.
Price realized | 850 GBP |
Starting price | 600 GBP |
Estimate | 750 GBP |