449, Lot: 349. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 10.69 g, 12h). MAP OΠ ΛNT · · ΔIΛΔOV[MENIΛ 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; pellet above altar. Prieur 1334/1335 (obv./rev.). Toned, some porosity. VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.