439, Lot: 337. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.44 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 362 (this coin); McAlee 931b. Good VF, toned, a bit of roughness before Philip’s face. Very rare, only two known to Prieur, and none on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.