Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 860. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (13.37 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on bucranium, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 828 (same obv. die). VF, a little porous. Very rare.