SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.77 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. VF.

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Lot: 504. Estimated: $ 100

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.77 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left. Prieur 970; Leu Web 14, lot 1118 (same obv. die). Toned, light scratch on obverse. VF. Very rare, only a single example known to Prieur and two others in CoinArchives (from a different obverse die), including this coin.

From the Richard McAlee Collection. Ex Naville 40 (27 May 2018), lot 734.


Closing Date and Time: 31 May 2023 at 12:47:40 ET.

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