447, Lot: 326. Estimate $200. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.69 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 205-207. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread; star between legs. Prieur 1119. Toned, minor porosity. Near EF. Good style portrait. Very rare, only five noted by Prieur, and eight in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Helios 4 (14 October 2009), lot 540.