Pedigreed to 1967

453, Lot: 218. Estimate $300. Sold for $303. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Beroea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.96 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate head left / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ [V]Π[A]TOC T Δ, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, winged animal flanked by B-Є. Prieur 882 corr. (rev. legend; this coin). Toned, some roughness on obverse. EF. Extremely rare, three noted by Prieur, and six, including this coin, in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Dr. Meyer-Coloniensis Collection (Münz Zentrum 64, 15 April 1988), lot 432; Kricheldorf XXV (8 May 1972), lot 172; Frankfurter Münzhandlung E. Button 114 (4 December 1967), lot 640.