CNG 112, Lot: 440. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 12.72 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head left, with wings spread and wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1551; Bellinger 305. Minor die rust, lustrous. EF. Fine-style portrait.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Berk BBS 165 (28 July 2009), lot 529; Berk BBS 35 (12 February 1985), lot 331.