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<p>[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 4719756, member: 84065"]Decapolis, Gadara. Caracalla, AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.42g, 12th). Struck AD 215-217. Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, the Three Graces within wreath. Ref: Prieur 1588 var. (obv. and rev. legends). Good Fine, toned, old scratches beneath tone on obverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156878[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From one of CNG's auctions of the Michel Prieur collection. I only met Michel once at CGB's shop in Paris in the mid-1990's. Michel spent well over an hour with this neophyte tourist pointing out the beauty of ancient coins and freely sharing his deep knowledge of the field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 4719756, member: 84065"]Decapolis, Gadara. Caracalla, AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 15.42g, 12th). Struck AD 215-217. Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, the Three Graces within wreath. Ref: Prieur 1588 var. (obv. and rev. legends). Good Fine, toned, old scratches beneath tone on obverse. [ATTACH=full]1156878[/ATTACH] From one of CNG's auctions of the Michel Prieur collection. I only met Michel once at CGB's shop in Paris in the mid-1990's. Michel spent well over an hour with this neophyte tourist pointing out the beauty of ancient coins and freely sharing his deep knowledge of the field.[/QUOTE]
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