445, Lot: 365. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.11 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull’s head right. Prieur 1668; Sofaer –. Good VF, toned, a few deposits. Extremely rare, only three noted by Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.