One of Two Known

447, Lot: 354. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Seleucia Pieria. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.84 g, 12h). Dated CY 115 (AD 6/7). Laureate head right / Filleted thunderbolt set on pulvinar; EΙΡ (date) below; A to left, H to right; all within wreath. Prieur –; RPC Supplement 2-1-4328A (this coin cited). Toned, a few obverse scratches and roughness. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and two, including this coin, in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 1378.