449, Lot: 350. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.02 g, 12h). Laureate bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs; Europa holding billowing veil on bull right. Prieur 1353 (same obv. die as illustration). Toned. VF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives (this coin).

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 837 ($1500 hammer).