449, Lot: 357. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.39 g, 12h). Struck AD 213-217. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex between legs. Prieur 1549 (this coin illustrated). Lightly toned, flan flaw. VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.