447, Lot: 265. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.13 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, head left / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 937 (this coin). Toned, some porosity, flan crack. VF. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.