445, Lot: 381. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.49 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lit altar. Prieur 1704; Sofaer –. VF, toned, a touch of porosity, slight reverse die shift. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 835 (incorrectly attributed to Byblus; hammer $1200).