Triton XVIII, Lot: 905. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.35 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT · K · M · AV · ANTΩNЄINOC C, laureate and cuirassed bust left, with shield over shoulder / ΔHMAP·X · ЄΞ · VΠATOC T · Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; shrine between legs. Prieur 848 (same obv. die as 847); Bellinger 140 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); R. Bland, “Six Hoards of Syrian tetradrachms of the third century AD,” NC (1991), Hoard III, 24 (same obv. die). Good VF, minor surface granularity, a few areas of encrustation. Rare, only three cited in Prieur.

Ex Tkalec (22 April 2007), lot 261.