445, Lot: 369. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 13.69 g, 12h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust 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 1680; Sofaer –. VF, lightly toned with underlying luster, a hint of porosity, reverse metal flaw. Struck from a worn reverse die. Extremely rare, only three noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Mike R. Vosper, 2004.