Prieur Plate Coin

447, Lot: 343. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.00 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 208-209. Bareheaded and draped bust right, slight beard / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1158 (this coin). Toned, minor granularity on the obverse. Good VF. Bold portrait. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and five in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Burgan 24 (22 December 1990), lot 106; Burgan 18 (22 December 1984), lot 297.