445, Lot: 331. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.45 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, the Three Graces within wreath. Prieur 1590 (this coin). VF, toned with some iridescence, light porosity. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.