445, Lot: 378. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 11.64 g, 5h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lit altar. Prieur 1702; Sofaer –. VF, toned, some porosity and light deposits, a few old scratches beneath the toning. Extremely rare, only one noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 139, 10 May 2006), lot 212 (incorrectly attributed to Byblus); Antioch Associates 40 (29 July 2002), lot 36.