443, Lot: 313. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.85 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing on grain ear, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1579. VF, toned, some porosity and verdigris. Extremely rare, four known to Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.