439, Lot: 312. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.42 g, 6h). Struck AD 238-240. Radiate and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wreath in beak and wings spread. Prieur 285 (this coin); McAlee 866. VF, toned, some redeposited metal on the obverse. Very rare, five examples known to Prieur, and only one on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.