439, Lot: 383. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 11.67 g, 7h). Struck AD 248-249. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, with
balteus and right
pteryx visible / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 460 (this coin); McAlee 1048a. Near EF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and none on CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.