453, Lot: 274. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.04 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 214-215. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing facing on leg and thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail left, with wings spread and holding wreath in beak. Prieur 223; McAlee 680. Toned, minor porosity, faint hairlines. VF. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.