Second Known Example

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 686. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $3505. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Ascalon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (13.36 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI A[N T]ΩNЄINOC • C Є •, laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on palm right, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, dove right, holding olive branch in beak. Prieur 1655 var. (palm left); Bellinger -; Classical Numismatic Group 60, 1412 corr. (listed as Prieur 1654; same dies). VF, traces of underlying luster. Second known example of a very rare variety from a very rare mint.