449, Lot: 343. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 10.54 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; prow left between legs. Prieur 1293. Toned, slightly off center. Near EF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex J.-P. Righetti Collection (Part 8, Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 20, 10 October 2006), lot 800; Auctiones 17 (7 June 1988), lot 389; Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 32 (1 June 1987), lot 249.