439, Lot: 345. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.40 g, 1h). Struck AD 248-249. Laureate and cuirassed bust left, wearing balteus, holding spear over shoulder and shield; on shield, horseman riding left about to spear fallen enemy / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 428; McAlee 945. Near EF, lightly toned, deposit on obverse, area of encrustation on the reverse. Rare bust type.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.