CNG 112, Lot: 444. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.68 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, Silenos mask left. Prieur 1619 var. (additional wine jar [amphora] in exergue); Meshorer, Aelia –; Sofaer –; Roma XIV, lot 430 (same obv. die). Toned. VF. Extremely rare, the Roma coin is the only example in CoinArchives.