453, Lot: 402. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Damascus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.54 g, 5h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, ram’s head left. Prieur 1209. Toned, some porosity. VF. Very rare, five known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.