453, Lot: 442. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 14.32 g, 6h). Radiate head right / Eagle standing left on ground line, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star to upper left, crescent between legs, two pellets in exergue. Prieur 835. Toned with underlying luster. Good VF. Very rare, seven noted by Prieur, and six in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 702; Berk BBS 59 (1 November 1989), lot 526.