447, Lot: 292. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.59 g, 12h). 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; A beneath eagle’s head. Prieur 961 (this coin). Toned, a touch of porosity, light scratch on reverse. Good VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.