453, Lot: 429. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.63 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / eagle standing facing on club right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1552. Toned, minor porosity. VF. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, none on CoinArchoives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.