Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1231. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (11.12 g, 6h). Struck AD 244. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing right, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; S C across fields, MON VRB in exergue. Prieur 304; SNG Copenhagen -. Near EF, toned. Good early portrait.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.