449, Lot: 345. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.24 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis / ΔHMAP ЄΞ YΠATO ΠΠ, eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, altar; wreath in upper right field. Prieur 1323 corr. (rev. legend); Bellinger 275 corr. (same). Toned, some porosity. VF. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives (this coin).

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), 1394.