Triton XXII, Lot: 759. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Rhesaena. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.08 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI M AVP ANT[Ω]NЄINOC CЄB, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; rectangle between legs. Prieur 872 (this coin, illustrated); Bellinger –. EF, toned, edge irregularity. Extremely rare, this piece the only example cited by Prieur, none in CoinArchvies.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Gilmore Collection.