453, Lot: 414. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.43 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Eagle standing facing, head left and tail, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crescent between legs. Prieur 1278/1281 (obv./rev.). Minor porosity and flat strike, underlying luster. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 1388.