445, Lot: 376. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.57 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Temple complex atop Mt. Gerizim; K to left of temple; all within beaded border supported by eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread. Prieur – (but cf. 1700); Sofaer –; CNG 99, lot 528 (same dies?). Near VF, toned, porosity and roughness. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 271 (11 January 2012), lot 963 (part of).