447, Lot: 256. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.01 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsos, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 922 (this coin). Lightly toned with underlying luster, a touch of porosity, a few light deposits. Near EF. Very rare, only seven noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.