Extremely Rare

443, Lot: 402. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.23 g, 12h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; grain ears between legs; in exergue, dolphin-entwined trident right. Prieur 1302. VF, lightly toned, rough surfaces. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.