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Electronic Auction 447  3 Jul 2019
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Lot 285

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 2200 USD
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.90 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left; O to right of eagle's head. Prieur 1002 (this coin). Lightly toned with underlying luster, obverse die clash(?). EF. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 604; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 802 (July/August 1985), no. C230.
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