Triton XXII, Lot: 636. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.69 g, 11h). Officina O. Struck AD 215-217. IOVΛIA AVΓOCTA, draped bust right, wearing stephane / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOVCIAC, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; O beneath eagle’s head; between legs, radiate bust of Shamash left. Prieur 995; Bellinger 181. Good VF, toned with some iridescence. Fine style bust.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, 585; Owl (John Barton) BBS 4 (1 August 1984), lot 59.