Very Rare Tiberius and Divus Augustus Tetradrachm

CNG 99, Lot: 467. Estimate $10000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Tiberius, with Divus Augustus. AD 14-37. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.15 g, 12h). TIBEPIOΣ · ΣEBA-ΣTOΣ · KAIΣAP ·, laureate head of Tiberius right / ΘEOΣ · ΣEBA-ΣTOΣ · KAIΣAP ·, radiate head of Divus Augustus right. McAlee 211; Prieur 60; RPC I 4161. Near EF. Very rare, only three known to Prieur, four in CoinArchives. An excellent example of this type, with just slightly more wear than a specimen which recently brought CHF 34,000 (NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 1082).