453, Lot: 329. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.23 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. Radiate and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 402A (this coin); McAlee 1032b. Toned, minor porosity, a few deposits. Good VF. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.