Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 834. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (14.71 g, 11h). Laureate bust right / ΔHM PX EΞ VΠATOC, eagle standing facing on ground line, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, dolphin-entwined trident right. Prieur 1299. VF. Very rare.