439, Lot: 318. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 18.19 g, 6h). Struck AD 246. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; MON(eta) VRB(is) in exergue. Prieur 304; McAlee 899. Good VF, toned, some encrustation and porosity. Struck on an exceptionally thick, heavy flan (about 1.5+ the normal weight range).

From the Michel Prieur Collection.