453, Lot: 437. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 14.81 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1664; Sofaer –. Toned, deposits, some porosity, light graffiti in obverse field. VF. Very rare, four known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives (under Caesaraea).

From the Michel Prieur Collection.