447, Lot: 279. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 12.30 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left. Prieur 971 (this coin). Toned, slight obverse die shift. VF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.