449, Lot: 358. Estimate $100. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.36 g, 8h). Struck AD 209-211. Laureate head right / Laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules right, with lion’s skin tied around neck. Prieur 1531. Wrapped in gold leaf, with areas of copper oxide deposits. Fine. The underlying coin extremely rare – only four cited by Prieur, two in CoinArchives. Unique and interesting with post-mint added gold leaf.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.