436, Lot: 385. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.62 g, 6h). M ΟΠЄΛ ANTΩNЄINOC KAIC[AP], bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; shrine with pediment between legs. Prieur 867 (this coin illustrated); Bellinger 150. Good VF, minor roughness and planchet flaws. Rare.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Schweizerischer Kreditanstalt 2 (27 April 1984), lot 548; Elsen 2 (14 November 1984), lot 105.