447, Lot: 391. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 14.66 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 853 (this coin). Lustrous. EF. Extremely rare, only four noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7 (27 April 1987), lot 919.