447, Lot: 379. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 12.43 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on bull’s head flanked by pellets, head right and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 826. Lightly toned with underlying luster, slight die shift on reverse. Choice EF. Fine style portrait.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 796; Superior Galleries (22 August 1994), lot 2544.