449, Lot: 346. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.82 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis; slight drapery / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, altar; palm frond in upper right field. Prieur 1326. Toned, some porosity. VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Ed Waddell.