447, Lot: 380. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.80 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on bull’s head flanked by pellets, head right and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 827 (this coin). Lightly toned with underlying luster. Choice EF. Fine style portrait.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Münz Zentrum 53 (13 November 1984), lot 2033.