447, Lot: 277. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.33 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left. Prieur 969 (this coin). Toned, some minor porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, only four noted by Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.