453, Lot: 230. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.13 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 916. Lightly toned, some roughness and/or porosity. VF. Extremely rare, three noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 248 (26 January 2011), lot 292 (incorrectly attributed to Prieur 917).