Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1233. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (12.23 g, 12h). Struck AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA and S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 445/444 (obv./rev.; same obv. die); cf. SNG Copenhagen 268. EF, minor scratch in obverse field.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.