Triton XXII, Lot: 738. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.23 g, 12h). M OΠ ANTωN KAI, bareheaded and draped bust right / ΔHM[AP]X ЄΞ, eagle standing facing on club, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; pellet between legs. Prieur 1682 (this coin illustrated); Bellinger –; Sofaer 62. VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare with pellet between legs.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCII.3 (April 1984), no. 1824.