453, Lot: 450. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Rhesaena. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.21 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; rectangle between legs. Prieur 873 var. (obv. legend). A few light scratches, minor metal flaws, struck slightly off center. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.