Triton XVII, Lot: 759. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.96 g, 1h). Byblus mint. Struck AD 215-217. AYT KAI ANT ΩNINOC C, laureate head right / ΔHMARX • • ЄΞ VΠATO • Δ •, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak, on ornate altar decorated with three niches, each containing a statue; K in right field. Prieur 1308 = SNG Righetti 2368 (same dies). VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, the Righetti specimen being the only known to Prieur.