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447, Lot: 366. Estimate $200.
Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Heliopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.74 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, star above lion advancing right. Prieur 1197 var. (obv. bust type). Toned, a touch of porosity. Good VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none in CoinArchives.


From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased privately in 2008 from Nicolas in Bourges.