447, Lot: 267. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.07 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, head left / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak, on top of lion advancing right. Prieur 941 (this coin). Toned, slight die shift on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, only four noted by Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.