Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 9.45 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash left. Prieur 969. Dark green to black patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits, a few cleaning marks. Good VF. Extremely rare, only four noted by Prieur, and four, including this coin, in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 1002; Classical Numismatic Group 67 (22 December 2004), lot 1143.
From our CNG 67 catalog description: "Seemingly an official issue, and known from several different mints, these base metal tetradrachms have no visible silver content and no evidence of having been plated."
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 1002; Classical Numismatic Group 67 (22 December 2004), lot 1143.
From our CNG 67 catalog description: "Seemingly an official issue, and known from several different mints, these base metal tetradrachms have no visible silver content and no evidence of having been plated."