Triton XVI, Lot: 726. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.96 g, 8h). Rome mint for Antioch. Struck AD 246. AVTOK K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOY CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S–C across field, MON(eta) VRB(is) in exergue. McAlee 899; Prieur 304. Superb EF, toned. Wonderful portrait.

From a Continental Collection, purchased privately in 1972.