CNG 85, Lot: 674. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.45 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, Europa on bull right. Rouvier 1479 corr. (obv. legend); Bellinger 288; Prieur 1357. Good VF, light porosity, a couple of minor edge splits.