439, Lot: 336. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.52 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing right, wings spread with left wing behind leg, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 361 var. (eagle standing facing); McAlee 909A (this coin cited and illustrated). Choice EF, toned. Extremely rare, this coin was not part of the Prieur collection at the time of his book’s publication, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.