447, Lot: 395. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.42 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, shrine with pediment. Prieur 867. Lustrous. Near EF. Very rare, only eight noted by Prieur, and five in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 8 (27 October 1987), lot 1247.