Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 837. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (12.00 g, 2h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, Europa on bull right. Prieur 1353 (same dies). VF, porous. Very rare.