447, Lot: 322. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.11 g, 12h). Dated year 169 (AD 122/3). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, with [gorgoneion] on breastplate / Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; ΘΞP (date) below chin. Prieur 1108 (this coin); RPC III 3804/4 (this coin cited). Toned, some roughness, a few light scratches, a couple spots of verdigris on reverse. Good Fine. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives. Four examples cited by the authors of RPC, including this coin.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.