447, Lot: 281. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.64 g, 10h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left; H beneath eagle’s head. Prieur 983 (this coin). Lightly toned with underlying luster, a couple minor deposits. EF.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Reportedly ex Nomisma FPL (February 1985), no. 31.