453, Lot: 425. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.83 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠAT П П, eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; altar between legs. Prieur 1337 var. (rev. legend). Lightly toned, porosity. VF. Possibly unique variety, none known to Prieur, none on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.