443, Lot: 352. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.89 g, 5h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, facing statue between two bulls. Prieur 1213 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned with underlying luster, some minor porosity. Extremely rare, only three known to Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.