Watch List notes:

CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.63 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT K M A ANT[Ω]-NINOC C, radiate and cuirassed bust left, raising right hand, spear and shield over left shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATO Δ, eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 915; Bellinger 113. EF, toned with a few minor deposits. Wonderful bust type. Rare this nice.


From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, 690; Waddell FPL 38 (undated [1989]), no. 113.