449, Lot: 332. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.01 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull’s head right. Prieur 1239. Toned, underlying luster. Good VF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives other than the Prieur coin.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 12 (11 April 2003), lot 274 .