CNG 112, Lot: 436. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.04 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; grain ears between legs; in exergue, dolphin-entwined trident right. Prieur 1299. Toned, a touch of porosity. VF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and two in CoinArchives.