Triton XXII, Lot: 539. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (2524mm, 13.60 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT K M A [ANTΩ]-NЄINOC CЄB, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust, with head to left and chest facing / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ V-[ΠATOC TO Δ], eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 939; Bellinger 100. EF, lightly toned. Interesting bust type.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, 708; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7 (27 April 1987), lot 914.