CNG 91, Lot: 685. Estimate $300. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.82 g, 12h). Bareheaded and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing on torch, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; • between legs. Prieur 1682 (same obv. die as illustration); SNG ANS -. VF, toned, light porosity, minor graffito (“N” or “Z”) behind bust. Very rare.

From a Continental Collection, acquired in the 1970s.