Two Rare Imperatorial Tetradrachms

CNG 90, Lot: 1094. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Aulus Gabinius. Proconsul, 57-54 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.14 g, 12h). In the name and types of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphus. Diademed head right / Zeus Nicephorus seated left; Gabinius monogram to inner left; all within wreath. RPC 4124; McAlee 1; Prieur 1. Near EF.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.