447, Lot: 243. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.32 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, winged animal flanked by B-Є. Prieur 884. Lightly toned with underlying luster, some minor porosity. EF.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Vecchi 14 (5 February 1999), lot 801.