449, Lot: 338. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.21 g, 12h). Laureate head right / ΔHMAX Є Ξ VΠATOC T A (sic), eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, crescent. Prieur 1273 (same dies as illustration). Toned, some porosity. VF. Apparently unique reverse legend variety, none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Ian Johnson Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb, 20 June 2008), lot 963.