Possibly Unique
443, Lot: 364. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 11.54 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate and draped bust of solar deity right, set on crescent. Prieur 1230 (
this coin). VF, toned, roughness. Extremely rare, if not unique, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex A.K. Collection (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 558, B008; Sternberg X (25 November 1980), lot 465.