447, Lot: 387. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.91 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 843 (this coin). Lightly toned, areas of find patina, minor porosity. VF. Very rare, six noted by Prieur, and five in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.