445, Lot: 373. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Gaza. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 10.46 g, 1h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; symbol of Marnas to upper right, facing bull’s head between legs. Prieur 1692A; Sofaer –. Good VF, toned, some light porosity. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.