Extremely Rare

443, Lot: 375. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.68 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder with right hand, large shield over left shoulder, which is ornamented with an aegis / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crescent between legs. Prieur 1257 (this coin). VF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Jacquier FPL 12 (Autumn 1990), no. 236.