447, Lot: 384. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.87 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star to upper left, crescent between legs, [two pellets in exergue]. Prieur 836. Lightly toned with underlying luster, a touch of porosity. EF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 147 (6 September 2006), lot 113; Spink (7 October 1998), lot 233 (part of); Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 8 (27 October 1987), lot 1245.