237, Lot: 190. Estimate $200. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 11.94 g, 12h). Dated Cos. IV (AD 213-217), but probably struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, wings displayed, head right, holding wreath in beak; below, piloi of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars. Prieur 1227. EF, porous. Striking portrait.