453, Lot: 400. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.69 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1183-4 var. (bust seen from front). Toned. Good VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.