447, Lot: 264. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CYRRHESTICA, Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 932 (this coin). Lightly toned with underlying luster, minor roughness and/or porosity. EF.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 154 (13 May 1987), lot 549.