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ROMAN PROVINCIAL. SELEUCIS AND PIERIA, ANTIOCH. Trajan.
Silver Tetradrachm, AD 103-111.
Obv: AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head right, set on eagle standing right; club in right field. Rev: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠAT Є, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules right, with lion skin tied around neck.
About Mint State; a truly stunning specimen, one of the very finest of the type, struck sharply with dies of masterful creation and with detailed devices well highlighted in lustrous and attractively toned metal; the portrait of Melkart-Hercules is particularly eye-catching, and is destined to be the focal point of its future collection.
From the Euclidean Collection.
Reference: RPC III-3528; McAlee-455; Prieur-1495 (Tyre).
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 25 mm.
Weight: 15.47 g.
Estimate: 1500 GBP
Silver Tetradrachm, AD 103-111.
Obv: AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK, laureate head right, set on eagle standing right; club in right field. Rev: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠAT Є, laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules right, with lion skin tied around neck.
About Mint State; a truly stunning specimen, one of the very finest of the type, struck sharply with dies of masterful creation and with detailed devices well highlighted in lustrous and attractively toned metal; the portrait of Melkart-Hercules is particularly eye-catching, and is destined to be the focal point of its future collection.
From the Euclidean Collection.
Reference: RPC III-3528; McAlee-455; Prieur-1495 (Tyre).
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 25 mm.
Weight: 15.47 g.
Estimate: 1500 GBP