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439, Lot: 384. Estimate $100.
Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.17 g, 8h). Struck AD 248-249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, with both pteryges visible / Eagle standing left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 466 var. (only right pteryx visible); McAlee 1045b. Near EF, toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare, variety not known to Prieur when he published his book, and three examples (including this coin) on CoinArchives.


From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 299, 27 March 2013), lot 303.