Two Tetradrachms From the Same Obverse Die

449, Lot: 348. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.77 g, 6h). MAP OΠ ΛNT · · ΔIΛΔOVMENIΛ K, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on double ground line, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; altar between legs. Prieur 1334. Toned, red deposits on reverse, some porosity. VF. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Elsen 58 (12 June 1999), lot 1502.