451, Lot: 328. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.24 g, 12h). Struck AD 247. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; ANTIOXIA/S C in two lines in exergue. Prieur 369; McAlee 929. Lightly toned, minor porosity, graffiti in right obverse field. Near EF. Extremely rare, three known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.