447, Lot: 333. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.14 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 207-208. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1143 var. (bust laureate and draped only). Toned, a few light scratches and marks. Near EF. Nice metal and well centered. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 86 (3 June 1998), lot 99.