447, Lot: 360. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Damascus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.29 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, ram’s head left. Prieur 1205 (this coin). Lightly toned, a touch of porosity. VF. Very rare, only three noted by Prieur, and nine in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.