Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1773. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (12.70 gm). AYT K M AY ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind; on left shoulder, shield with circles of pellets and gorgoneion / ÐEMAPX EX UPATOC TO Ð, eagle, wings spread and head turned to right, holding wreath in beak; shrine with pediment below. Prieur 847 (same obverse die); R. Bland, "Six Hoards of Syrian Tetradrachms of the Third Century AD," NumChron (1991), Hoard III, pl. 3, 24 (same obverse die); Bellinger 140 (same obverse die). Good VF. ($1000)