453, Lot: 222. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 13.22 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, winged animal flanked by B-Є. Prieur 891 (this coin). Lightly toned with underlying luster, a few minor deposits. Near EF. Compact flan. Very rare, eight noted by Prieur, and six in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.