445, Lot: 372. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Gaza. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.94 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, symbol of Marnas. Prieur 1690 (rev. legend and tail position, same obv. die as illustration); Sofaer –. Fine, toned, minor porosity, flan crack. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and this variety not in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Antioch Associates 41 (10 October 2002), lot 83.