453, Lot: 325. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.32 g, 12h). 1st officina. Struck AD 249. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; • below / Eagle standing left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 480 (this coin); McAlee 964a. Toned, areas of find patina, a touch of porosity. VF. Very rare, eight known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.