Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 219. ΑVΤ•Κ•Μ•Α•••ΑΝΤѠΝЄΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on shoulder / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ•ЄΞ•YΠ[ΑΤ]ΟC [ΤΟ Β], eagle standing facing with spread wings, head to left, holding wreath in beak; Δ-Є across upper fields, star between legs. McAlee 758; cf. Prieur 261A (unknown engraver). 11.41g, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Desert patina. The style of these dies are most similar to those recorded in Prieur as by an unknown engraver and are clearly distinct from the style of Prieur 249.