447, Lot: 252. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.24 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 912 (this coin). Toned, porosity, flan crack. VF. Extremely rare, only four noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.