CNG 85, Lot: 675. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.78 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATOC T Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, Europa on bull right. Rouvier 1479 corr. (obv. legend) var. (rev. legend); Bellinger 288 var. (same); Prieur 1357 var. (same). Near EF. Very rare reverse legend variety.