Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1354. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $2150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.24 gm). Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding shield decorated with pellets and gorgoneion / Eagle standing facing, wings spread, head right; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 847 (same obverse die); Bellinger 140. FDC, exceptional bust type. Extremely Rare. ($2000)

Ex Bank Leu Auktion 33 (3 May 1983), lot 100.