445, Lot: 335. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.44 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, the Three Graces within wreath. Prieur 1593 (this coin). Near VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.