CNG 99, Lot: 489. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.64 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate / Laureate head right, being supported by eagle standing right; altar before portrait and eagle. Prieur 1305. Good VF, slight porosity. Only two examples known to Prieur, no additional in CoinArchives.