449, Lot: 386. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘ATYPICAL’ COINS, Berytus type. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetradrachm (22mm, 8.20 g, 11h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; prow between legs. Prieur 1741C (same dies). Dark green patina with areas of red. Good VF. Extremely rare – only three cited by Prieur.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Hirsch 229 (17 September 2003), lot 2425.