453, Lot: 447. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.24 g, 12h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 859. Lightly toned, minor deposits. VF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and one, this coin, in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 254 (20 April 2011), lot 218.