436, Lot: 359. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.53 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and draped bust left, holding shield decorated with gorgoneion / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOVCIAC VΠATO Γ, eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines. Prieur 380 (this coin, illustrated); McAlee 921. Near EF, toned, porosity. Extremely rare, this specimen the only example cited by Prieur, a second example illustrated in McAlee.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.