449, Lot: 356. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 10.61 g, 12h). Struck AD 213-217. Laureate bust right, bit of drapery on shoulder / Eagle standing facing on club, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex between legs. Prieur 1548 (this coin illustrated). Deeply toned, some porosity. Near VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.