CNG 111, Lot: 563. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.36 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Radiate head of Caracalla right, set on eagle standing right atop bull’s head right. Prieur 1231. Near EF, lightly toned with underlying luster. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.