453, Lot: 434. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 15.39 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI ANT WNINOC CЄ, laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1660/1661 (obv./rev.). Green deposits, some porosity. VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.