SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.86 g, 6h). Struck AD 247.

Electronic Auction 516
Lot: 403. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Silver

Sold For $ 750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.86 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. AVTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOY CЄB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC YΠATOΓ, eagle standing left, wings spread with right wing behind leg, head right and holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 379; McAlee 915/3 (this coin illustrated); RPC VIII Online 29372.2 (this coin). Lightly toned with underlying luster, a touch of porosity. Near EF. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and one, this coin, in CoinArchives.

Ex Michel Prieur Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 453, 2 October 2019), lot 318.


Closing Date and Time: 18 May 2022 at 12:14:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.