449, Lot: 353. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.80 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, carriage of Astarte. Prieur 1359. Toned, some deposits. VF. Rare, four known to Prieur, and seven in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.