443, Lot: 428. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.23 g, 12h). Struck AD 213-215. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1550. Near EF, lustrous, a touch of porosity with a few light marks and scratches.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 681.