453, Lot: 321. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.02 g, 7h). Struck AD 248-249. Laureate and cuirassed bust left, wearing balteus, holding spear over shoulder and shield; on shield, horseman riding left about to spear fallen enemy / Eagle standing left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 427; McAlee 946. Lightly toned with underlying luster, deposits on the reverse. Near EF. Rare bust type. Extremely rare, six known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.