349, Lot: 321. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Dichalkon (24mm, 11.48 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread and wreath in beak; in background, vexillum inscribed LEG/III/GAL; murex shell to right. Rouvier 2319; AUB –; BMC –. Near VF, dark green patina. Very rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.