453, Lot: 436. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.01 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1663B (this coin); Sofaer –. . Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 895; Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 1040.