453, Lot: 421. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.13 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate bust right, wearing ornate cuirass / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; altar between legs. Prieur 1312 corr. (obv. legend ends CЄ). Toned, porosity and deposits. Good VF. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, one in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.