Prieur Plate Coin

453, Lot: 416. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.84 g, 1h). Radiate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crescent between legs; retrograde K in upper right field. Prieur 1285 (this coin illustrated). Lightly toned, minor pitting on obverse. EF. Extremely rare, only three examples known to Prieur, including this coin, none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XI (3 May 1990), lot 192.