237, Lot: 166. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Cyrrhus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.30 g, 12h). Dated Cos. IV (AD 213-217), but probably struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Eagle standing facing on [filleted thyrsos], wings displayed, head right, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 909 (same obv. die as illustrated specimen). VF, edge roughness. Rare - only two specimens cited by Prieur.