Triton XXII, Lot: 700. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.80 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT K M AV [ANTΩ]NЄINOC CЄ, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, radiate head of Caracalla right, set on eagle standing right atop bull’s head right. Prieur 1231 var. (obv. legend); Bellinger 225 var. (same). Good VF, toned, light porosity. Possibly an unpublished variety of an extremely rare type.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.