Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1236. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.62 gm, 6h). Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate head right / DHMAR EX VPAT TO D, eagle standing right on garlanded altar, head left, wreath in beak; K above pellet to right. Prieur 1307; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, a little porous. Very rare, one of only four specimens noted by Prieur. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.