449, Lot: 347. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.52 g, 6h). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust with features of Caracalla right / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, altar; trace of possible fillet in upper right field. Prieur 1330. Toned, some porosity. VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 136, 29 March 2006), lot 176; Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 1395.