447, Lot: 257. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.54 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsos, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 922A. Lightly toned with underlying luster, a few deposits, obverse die rust. Near EF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Pegasi BBS 115 (20 September 1999), lot 173.