One of Three Known

445, Lot: 339. Estimate $500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.28 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding scepter with right hand over shoulder, shield on left shoulder; shield ornamented with Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond, pellet to either side / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, the Three Graces within wreath. Prieur 1599. Good VF, lightly toned, some porosity. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 46 (2 April 2008), lot 1120 (misattributed as Prieur 1600).