Pedigreed to 1961

Triton XXII, Lot: 666. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.14 g, 12h). Struck AD 205-207. AVTO KAI ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC B, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread; star between legs. Prieur & Amandry Group I, 7 (this coin, illustrated on pl. XV); McAlee, Severan, Group I, 9 (this coin cited); Prieur 1125. Near EF, toned. Rare.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Group CEM (Classical Numismatic Group 91, 19 September 2012), lot 642 (hammer $1100); Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 212 (June 1961), no. 54.