437, Lot: 290. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 15.00 g, 12h). Dated year 26 of the Actian Era and Cos. XII (5 BC). Laureate head right / ETOVΣ ςΚ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond in right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (=ΥΠΑTOY) and IB (consular date) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). Prieur 50; McAlee 180; RPC I 4151; DCA 400. VF, toned, some light scratches and marks.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.