453, Lot: 407. Estimate $100. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.88 g, 11h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, god wearing kalathos, holding whip and thunderbolt, between two facing bulls. Prieur 1212 (same obv. die as illustration). Toned, some porosity. VF. Very rare, five known to Prieur, and three on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 237 (21 July 2010), lot 188.