447, Lot: 368. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Heliopolis. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.12 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, star above lion advancing right. Prieur 1200 (this coin). Lightly toned with underlying luster, a couple minor deposits. EF. Extremely rare, only five noted by Prieur, and five in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.