451, Lot: 326. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 10.36 g, 12h). Struck AD 245. Radiate and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing facing on palm frond, head left and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; S C in exergue. Prieur 337; McAlee 896 (this coin illustrated). Lightly toned with granular surfaces. Near EF. Extremely rare, three known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.