447, Lot: 365. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Heliopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.52 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 1196. Toned, metal striations on obverse. Near EF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Dr. Martina Dieterle. Ex Numismatic Art & Ancient Coins FPL 6 (Undated, Zurich), no. 244.