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447, Lot: 263. Estimate $100.
Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.78 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing left, head left and tail right, with right wing behind leg, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing left. Prieur 931 var. (radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right). Toned, minor porosity. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and one specimen, this coin, in CoinArchives.


From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 1363.