447, Lot: 376. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.75 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on bull’s head flanked by pellets, head right and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 823. Toned with underlying luster. Good VF. Extremely rare, only five noted by Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Peus 403 (27 April 2011), lot 839.