Prieur Plate Coin

453, Lot: 282. Estimate $500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.18 g, 12h). Struck AD 204. Bareheaded and draped bust right / VΠATOC AΠOΔЄΔЄIΓ, eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 195 (this coin); McAlee 714. Toned, a few light marks. Good VF. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, and one, this coin, in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Tkalec & Rauch (15 April 1985), lot 274.