451, Lot: 305. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.84 g, 12h). Struck AD 205-207. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 203; McAlee 669 (this coin illustrated). Toned, a few light scratches. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased privately from Richard McAlee.