441, Lot: 329. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Mopsouestia-Mopsos. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.33 g, 12h). Bareheaded and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread; flaming altar between legs. Prieur 727; SNG Levante 1333; SNG BN 1970. Fine, lightly toned, obverse die shift. Very rare, four known to Prieur, and two on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Gorny & Mosch, 2004.