453, Lot: 419. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.62 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; altar between legs. Prieur 1309. Toned, porous. VF. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, two in CoinArchives, including this coin.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 247 (12 January 2011), lot 242.