453, Lot: 331. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 11.40 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 412 (this coin); McAlee 1034. Lightly toned, some minor porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, four known to Prieur, and three, correctly attributed, in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.