447, Lot: 373. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.10 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star to upper left, crescent between legs, two pellets in exergue. Prieur 830 var. (legends). Lightly toned, touch of porosity, a few light scratches, some minor deposits in the devices. Good VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 814; Classical Cash MBS 3 (8 January 1997), lot 2739.