Lot 43-101. Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orontem. Philip II. A.D. 247-249. BI tetradrachm. dated A.D. 249. Very Rare.

Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orontem. Philip II. A.D. 247-249. BI tetradrachm (26.9 mm, 11.19 g, 1 h). dated A.D. 249. AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front; both pteryges visible / ΔHMAPX EΞOVCIAC VΠATO Δ, ANTIOXIA SC, eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak, with wings spread. Prieur 466 var.; McAlee 1045b; Bland, Hoards, III 576. VF. Very Rare. 

Prieur had not recorded any specimens of this rare obverse type and McAlee only knew of a single example.

 

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$  100.00

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