443, Lot: 407. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.61 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Radiate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; altar between legs. Prieur 1316 (this coin). Good VF, toned, porous, reverse struck slightly off center. Very rare, only five known to Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.