451, Lot: 271. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.97 g, 12h). In the name and types of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphus. Dated year 24 of the Caesarean Era (26/25 BC). Diademed head of Philip I right within fillet border / Zeus Nicephorus seated left; monogram to inner left and below throne, K∆ (date) and thunderbolt in exergue; all within wreath. Prieur 17; McAlee 17; RPC I 4140; SC 2491.14; HGC 9, 1360n. Toned, some porosity. VF. Rare, nine known to Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased on VCoins, 2006.