453, Lot: 294. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 12.87 g, 6h). “Carrhae Issues”. Struck AD 219. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; Δ–Є flanking head, star between legs. Prieur –; McAlee 766 (this coin illustrated). Toned, a few deposits and light scratches. VF. Nice metal for issue. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Richard McAlee Collection.