447, Lot: 260. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.40 g, 1h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 928. Toned, porosity. Near VF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.