443, Lot: 415. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.21 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, Europa riding bull right. Prieur 1356 (this coin). Good VF, toned, a touch of porosity. Very rare, only six known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.