447, Lot: 345. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.94 g, 1h). Struck circa AD 208-209. Laureate and draped bust right, slight beard / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1161 (this coin). Iridescently toned with underlying luster. Good VF. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXII (10 June 1993), lot 328.