441, Lot: 362. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena Nicephorus standing facing, head left, holding grounded shield. Prieur 799A (this coin cited); SNG Levante –; SNG BN –. VF, toned, rough surfaces. Extremely rare, only one specimen, this coin, known to Prieur, and one specimen, this coin, on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Marc Melcher Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 63, 21 May 2003), lot 1031; Lanz 72 (29 May 1995), lot 704.