447, Lot: 344. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.33 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 208-209. Laureate head right, slight beard / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1159 (this coin). Toned, light marks and scratches beneath the toning, a touch of porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 31 (24 April 1985), lot 369.