449, Lot: 341. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.89 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crescent between legs. Prieur 1280/1281 (obv./rev.). Toned. Good VF. Apparently unique obverse/reverse combination, none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 1001.