Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 832. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (13.77 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; bull’s head right between legs. Prieur 1231/1238 (same obv. die/rev. type). Good VF.