447, Lot: 386. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.37 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 842. Lightly toned, some minor porosity and deposits. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Laurens Schulman 30 (8 November 2004), lot 2938; Peus 301 (25 May 1981), lot 884.