439, Lot: 333. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.15 g, 6h). Struck AD 247. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, with
trabea, balteus and left
pteryx; right arm raised / Eagle standing left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 357A (this coin); McAlee 926c. VF, toned, a bit porous. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and none on CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.