Extremely Rare Reverse Type Depicting Zeus Katabaites

447, Lot: 246. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.87 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Zeus Katabaites, holding thunderbolt with right hand and scepter with left, seated left on eagle standing right, head left, with wings spread. Prieur 901 (this coin). Toned, porosity, compact flan. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 154 (13 May 1987), lot 546.