451, Lot: 323. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.26 g, 6h). Struck AD 241-244. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, both pteryges visible / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping left, head right. Prieur 298; McAlee 881. Toned, some light porosity. Good VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.