Unknown To Prieur at Publication

439, Lot: 310. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 12.29 g, 12h). Struck AD 238-240. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wreath in beak and wings spread. Prieur –; McAlee 863A (same obv. die as illustrated specimen). Good VF, lightly toned, a touch of porosity and two small deposits on the reverse. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and there are none on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.