453, Lot: 320. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.81 g, 12h). Struck AD 248-249. Radiate bust left, slight drapery / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 420; McAlee 957 (this coin illustrated). Toned, light porosity, area of corrosion on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.