451, Lot: 324. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Gordian III. AD 238-244. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.18 g, 11h). Struck AD 241-244. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; below, crescent above ram leaping left, head right. Prieur 299; McAlee 884. Lightly toned with underlying luster. Near EF.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.