Triton XXII, Lot: 640. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.25 g, 12h). Officina A. Struck AD 215-217. AVT K M A AN-TωNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head of Caracalla right, set on eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread / ΔHMAP[X ЄΞ VΠATOC T]O Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; A beneath eagle’s head; between legs, radiate bust of Shamash left. Prieur 961 (this coin illustrated); Bellinger –. Near EF, toned. Extremely rare, 1 of 2 coins cited by Prieur, none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.