439, Lot: 349. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 10.97 g, 6h). Struck AD 248-249. 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 435 (this coin) = McAlee 954b (this coin illustrated). Good VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and none on CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Richard McAlee Collection; Classical Numismatic Auctions XXV (24 March 1993), lot 873.