CNG 99, Lot: 491. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.57 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI A-NTωNINOC C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / · ΔHMARX ЄΞ VΠAT · TO · Δ ·, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak, on ornate altar decorated with three niches, each containing a statue; K in right field. Prieur 1308 = SNG Righetti 2368 var. (bust type). Good VF, porous surfaces. Extremely rare, apparently only the third known for this reverse type and a unique variant.

From the same obverse die as the previous lot.