453, Lot: 384. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 12.55 g, 7h). Officina O. 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; O beneath eagle’s head. Prieur 1000 var. (obv. legend ends • B •; rev. legend ends OYCIAC). Toned, minor porosity. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.