443, Lot: 423. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 12.34 g, 12h). Struck AD 208-212. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1535 (this coin). EF, lightly toned.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.