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Lot # 550
Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trajan, 98-117. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27.25 mm, 12.52 g), AD 103-111. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝEΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹEΒ ΓEΡΜ ΔΑΚ Laureate bust of Trajan right; below, eagle standing right with closed wings; on the right, club. Rev. ΔΗΜΑΡΧ EΞ ΥΠΑΤ E Laureate head of Melqart right, wearing lion skin tied around neck. RPC III, 3528. Prieur 1495 (Tyre). Wruck 150. Lightly toned. Two portraits of enchanting beauty, the work of a very talented engraver. Extremely Fine. Ex Tauler-Fau 118, 22 November 2022, lot 118, purchased from Tkalec in 2008.