447, Lot: 362. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Heliopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.90 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate head of Caracalla right, set on eagle standing right; star to right; below, lion advancing right. Prieur 1192 var. (obv. bust type). Toned, light porosity. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and one, this coin, in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 191 (11 October 2010), lot 1859; Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 660 (hammer $1355).