CNG 85, Lot: 671. Estimate $300. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.04 g, 11h). Struck AD 215-217. AYT K M AY ANTΩNЄINOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ Y ΠATOC TO, Δ in exergue, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, head of bull right. Rouvier -; Bellinger 227 (same obv. die); cf. Prieur 1240. VF, areas of porosity. Better than the Bellinger specimen. Very rare.