Pedigreed to 1844

441, Lot: 361. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Didrachm (24mm, 5.39 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Athena Nicephorus standing right, holding spear; candelabrum to right. Prieur 797 = SNG Levante 1042 (this coin); SNG BN –. VF, find patina, a couple deposits, struck off center. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and two on CoinArchives, including this coin.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Edoardo Levante Collection (Part IV, Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 1162; Münzen und Medaillen 41 (18 June 1970), lot 580; Leopold Welzl von Wellenheim Collection I (1844), lot 6223.