Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1163. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. AR Tetradrachm (11.54 gm). Dated COS 2 (219 AD). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Eagle standing facing, head right, wreath in beak; small shrine between legs. Prieur 1724. Good VF, toned. Very rare and better than the plate coin in Prieur. ($300)