447, Lot: 381. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.07 g, 6h). 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 828 var. (rev. legend). Toned, minor porosity. Good VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.