Triton XXII, Lot: 709. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Aradus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.14 g, 12h). AV KAI MAP ΟΠ ANTωNINOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔH[MAPX] ЄΞ VΠAT A, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull’s head right. Prieur 1254; Bellinger 248 var. (eagle’s head to right). Near EF, lightly toned. Only 4 cited by Prieur with eagle’s head left.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, 714.