453, Lot: 411. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.85 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crescent between legs. Prieur 1264. Lightly toned. Good VF. Extremely rare, Prieur lists only two examples, one on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.