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447, Lot: 254. Estimate $200.
Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear with right hand, shield over left shoulder / ΔHMAP ЄΞ VΠATO Δ, eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsos, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 913 corr. (rev. legend). Toned, porosity, obverse die break. VF. Very rare, only six noted by Prieur, and six in CoinArchives.


From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 2075.