443, Lot: 357. Estimate $200. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.92 g, 11h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, pilei of the Dioscuri. Prieur 1223 (this coin). Choice EF, lightly toned with underlying luster, a few minor deposits.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.