447, Lot: 324. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.23 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 205-207. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread; star between legs. Prieur 1115 var. (eagle’s head and tail left). Toned. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and one, this coin, in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 136 (29 March 2006), lot 158.