Extremely Rare
Prieur Plate Coin

443, Lot: 413. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 12.92 g, 12h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; altar between legs, wreath in upper right field. Prieur 1337 (this coin). VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.