453, Lot: 378. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.00 g, 12h). Officina A. Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left; A to lower right. Prieur 951 var. (position of A on reverse). Toned, some minor porosity. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Den of Antiquities, VCoins 2008.