453, Lot: 216. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 12.36 g, 5h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, winged animal flanked by B-Є. Prieur 886. Lightly toned, some porosity. VF. Extremely rare, four noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.