449, Lot: 385. Estimate $100. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

‘ATYPICAL’ COINS, Berytus type. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.25 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; prow between legs. Prieur 1741A (this coin illustrated). Toned. VF. Extremely rare – the only one known to Prieur.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.