453, Lot: 377. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.52 g, 12h). Officina O. 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; O beneath eagle’s head. Prieur 999. Toned, porous. VF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.