Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 796. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.02 gm, 12h). Dated Cos. 4 (215-217 AD). AY K M A A NTWNINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust left, cuirass decorated with aegis; trabea over left shoulder / DHMAPX EX VPATOC TD, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak, no tail visible; crescent below. Prieur 1261 var. (with tail); Bellinger 237 var. (eagle standing right). Good VF, lightly toned. ($750)