439, Lot: 350. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.43 g, 6h). Struck AD 248-249. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, wearing balteus; head of eagle on breastplate, shield decorated with profectio of emperor: Philip on horseback riding left, being led by Victory and followed by a soldier / Eagle standing left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 436 (this coin); McAlee 962. Good VF, toned, some porosity, graffito in right reverse field. Extremely rare, only four known to Prieur, and two on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review (Vol. XIX, No. 3, 1994 Third Quarter), no. 544.