453, Lot: 234. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.21 g, 12h). In the name and types of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphus. Dated year 23 of the Caesarean Era (27/26 BC). Diademed head of Philip I right within fillet border / Zeus Nicephorus seated left; monogram to inner left and below throne, KΓ (date) and [thunderbolt] in exergue; all within wreath. Prieur –; McAlee 16 (this coin illustrated); RPC I –; SC 2491.13; HGC 9, 1360m. Toned. Good Fine. Extremely rare date. Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.