449, Lot: 355. Estimate $150. Sold for $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.45 g, 11h). Struck AD 209-212. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing facing on club, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex between legs. Prieur 1534. Toned, a few deposits. Good VF. Rare. Great portrait.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 672; Ceresio 2 (26 September 1988), lot 219; Leu 43 (13 May 1987), lot 367.