PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.15 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 123
Lot: 431. Estimated: $ 750

Roman Provincial, Billon

Sold For $ 575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.15 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak, atop garlanded altar; K to right. Prieur 1307 (this coin illustrated); Bellinger –. Toned, minor porosity, area of weakness in reverse legend. Good VF. Very rare, one of four cited by Prieur, four in CoinArchives.

From the Richard McAlee Collection. Ex Michel Prieur Collection (Triton XXII, 8 January 2019), lot 703.

Dr. Kropp has reattributed this series, by die study, from Byblus to Neapolis in Judaea (see Dr. Andreas Kropp, “A Roman altar on Mt. Gerizim: Rediscovering a civic icon on tetradrachms of Neapolis (Samaria)” in JRA 34 [2021]. pp. 220-36).


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