447, Lot: 385. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.79 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star to upper left, crescent between legs, [two pellets in exergue]. Prieur 838 (this coin). Toned with underlying luster, some minor porosity. EF. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Elsen 32 (11 December 1993), lot 425.