449, Lot: 384. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘ATYPICAL’ COINS, Tyre type. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.95 g, 7h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Cf. Prieur 1738. Lightly toned, some porosity. VF. Extremely rare, this coin was not part of the Prieur collection at the time of his book’s publication.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 179 (2 January 2008), lot 183.