★ A Pair of Bold Portraits ★

ROMAN PROVINCIAL. SELEUCIS AND PIERIA, ANTIOCH. Trajan.
Silver Tetradrachm, AD 98-117.
'Alexandria style'. Obv: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡΟΥΑ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚΙ ΔΗΜ ΕΞ ΥΠ Ε, L ΙΒ, laureate bust of Melkart right, with lion's skin tied around neck; LIB in exergue.

About Good Very Fine; boasting two bold portraits of an early style Trajan and Melqart on good quality metal.

Reference: RPC III-3530; Prieur-1524; McAlee-456.
Rarity: Very Rare; fewer than 5 examples of this attribution recorded on CoinArchives.
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 27 mm.
Weight: 14.17 g.