453, Lot: 231. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYRRHESTICA, Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 12.83 g, 1h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, wings spread with right wing behind leg, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 928 var. (wings fully spread). Toned, some roughness, two scrapes on eagle. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.