CNG 111, Lot: 570. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 12.72 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate 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 1549.1 (this coin). EF, toned with underlying luster, minor deposits on the reverse.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.