443, Lot: 417. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.54 g, 5h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; carriage of Astarte between legs. Prieur 1358. EF, toned, some verdigris spots on both sides. Very rare, only five known to Prieur, and six in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.