Extremely Rare

443, Lot: 366. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.69 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate head of Caracalla right set on eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread; between legs, bull’s head right. Prieur 1232 (this coin). VF, toned, a bit of porosity, weakly struck in areas. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.