CNG 111, Lot: 578. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.77 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Eagle standing right on head of bull, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; • to each side of bull’s head. Prieur 827. Choice EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, a few deposits on obverse.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Stack’s (6 December 1995), lot 365.