439, Lot: 376. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 11.39 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, with left pteryx visible / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 408; McAlee 1038b (this coin illustrated). Near EF, lightly toned, some roughness on Philip’s cheek. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and none on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.