453, Lot: 376. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.03 g, 1h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left. Prieur 949 var. (without A on reverse?). Toned, porous. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Richard McAlee. Ex CNG Inventory 90751 (January 1996).