453, Lot: 316. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 8.28 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. Radiate and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 366; McAlee 905 (this coin illustrated). Toned, some light porosity, obverse die shift. Good VF. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.