443, Lot: 353. Estimate $150. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 12.45 g, 12h). 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 1215 (this coin). VF, toned with light porosity. Extremely rare, only three known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.