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Auction XVIII  29 Sep 2019
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Lot 771

Estimate: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 1600 GBP
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Elagabalus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria (or Emesa?). AD 219. AVT K M A [ANTѠ]NЄINOC CЄB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, with right hand raised in salutation / [ΔHMAPX] ЄΞ VΠATOC TO B, eagle standing facing with wings spread, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ-Є across fields, star below. Prieur 253 (this coin); McAlee 773. 14.94g, 26mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine; cabinet tone with golden lustre around the devices. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.

This coin published in M. Prieur, A Type Corpus of The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253 (Lancaster, 2000);
Ex Michel Prieur Collection.
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