CNG 97, Lot: 535. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.57 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; wine jar between legs. Meshorer, Aelia 89 = Prieur 1630. VF, minor porosity. Extremely rare, Prieur cites only 1 specimen for this variety (in Berlin).