445, Lot: 377. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.39 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lit altar. Prieur 1701 (this coin); Sofaer –. VF, toned with patches of find patina on the obverse, minor porosity. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.