223, Lot: 360. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.51 g, 12h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Eagle standing facing, head right, wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; Δ E lacking; star between legs. McAlee -; Prieur 278. Good VF, dark patina.
While listed under the Antiochene issues in Prieur, the peculiar style of this issue points to an unofficial production (likely leading to their exclusion from McAlee’s book).