447, Lot: 361. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Damascus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.96 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, ram’s head left. Prieur 1208 (this coin). Toned, some light porosity, a fewlight scratches. VF. Extremely rare, only three noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.