447, Lot: 355. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Seleucia Pieria. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.05 g, 12h). Dated CY 116 (AD 8). Laureate head right / Filleted thunderbolt set on pulvinar; ςIΡ (date) below; A to left, H to right; all within wreath. Prieur 1187; RPC I 4329. Toned, roughness, a few scratches and banker’s mark on Augustus’ face. VF. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and five in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.