Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1240. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Tetradrachm (10.86 g, 2h). Struck AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; •• below bust / Eagle standing left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA and S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 491; SNG Copenhagen 268 var. (no •• below bust). EF, trace of porosity.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.