CNG 112, Lot: 454. Estimate $200. Sold for $405. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.27 g, 6h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust 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 836. Lightly toned with underlying luster, a touch of porosity, spot of verdigris on reverse. EF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 718; Sotheby’s (22 March 1990), lot 86 (part of).