451, Lot: 325. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.09 g, 6h). Struck AD 244. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 315; McAlee 888. Lightly toned with underlying luster, a few light scratches. Near EF. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.