453, Lot: 322. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.72 g, 12h). Struck AD 248-249. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, gorgoneion on breastplate / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 434 (this coin); McAlee 953a. Toned, light porosity, a bit of verdigris. Good VF. Extremely rare, six known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.