453, Lot: 217. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.06 g, 6h). 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, obverse flan flaw. VF. Obverse legend retrograde. Extremely rare, four noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 211 (3 June 2009), lot 328.