425. SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Semis (24mm, 7.60 g, 12h). Laureate head right; pellet to left / Large S · C within linear circle; all within wreath consisting of eight sets of three leaves. McAlee 313(a) = RPC I 4315.6 = CNG 78, lot 1421 (same obv. die). Brown and green patina. Good VF. Very rare with the pellet on obverse. Strong portrait of Galba. ($300) Ex Leu 3 (27 October 2018), lot 190.
426 427 426. SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.52 g, 6h). Struck AD 248249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. McAlee 934; Prieur 445; RPC VIII Online (unassigned; ID 28991). Dark brown surfaces, areas of smoothing. EF. ($200) 427. SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.04 g, 12h). 4th officina. Struck AD 249-250. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; •••• below / eagle standing right on palm frond, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur –; RPC IX 1615.1 = McAlee 1105(d)/2 (this coin). Toned, minor deposits. Choice EF. Extremely rare. ($750) Ex Michel Prieur Collection (Triton XXII, 8 January 2019), lot 625; Richard McAlee Collection.
Extremely Rare Double Portrait Tetradrachm
428. SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.34 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 205-207. AYT • KAI • CEOYHPOC • CE, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Septimius Severus / • MHTHP KACT ΔOMNAN CEB •, draped bust right of Julia Domna. Prieur 1113. Lightly toned, a couple light scratches. Good VF. Attractive. Extremely rare, only one cited by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives. ($5000) 120