443, Lot: 379. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.88 g, 6h). 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 1269 (this coin). Good VF, lightly toned, a touch of porosity. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Berk BBS 60 (16 January 1990), lot 401.