443, Lot: 378. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.25 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crescent between legs. Prieur 1263. Near EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, only three known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1133.