Prieur Plate Coin

451, Lot: 312. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.39 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, star above crescent. Prieur 239 (this coin); McAlee 692. Lightly toned with underlying luster. EF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex H.-W. Müller 55 (12 June 1987), lot 168.