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453, Lot: 382. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.82 g, 12h). Officina H. Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left; H beneath eagle’s head. Prieur 982. Deeply toned, obverse scratches, a couple minor deposits. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.


From the Michel Prieur Collection.