447, Lot: 342. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.96 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 207-208. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1146. Toned, a few light marks. Good VF. Nice metal and well centered. Very rare, only four noted by Prieur, and seven in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.