453, Lot: 334. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.25 g, 7h). 2nd officina. Struck AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; •• below / Eagle standing left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 491 (this coin); McAlee 1064b. Toned, some scattered porosity. VF. Extremely rare, five known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.