453, Lot: 269. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.55 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 175. Bare head left / ΓЄPMAN [C]APMATI, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail right, with wings spread. Prieur 165A; McAlee 629 (this coin illustrated); RPC IV.3 Online 7165. Toned, some roughness. Near VF. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Richard McAlee Collection; Berk BBS 130 (6 January 2003), lot 756.