Extremely Rare

443, Lot: 315. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.48 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on grain ear, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1581. VF, toned, light porosity, graffito in right obverse field, reverse lamination. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 231 (14 April 2010), lot 444 (part of).