447, Lot: 312. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.23 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left; Λ beneath eagle’s head. Prieur 967 (this coin). Lightly toned, some minor porosity. Near EF. Extremely rare, only three noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.