453, Lot: 433. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.38 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1659A; Sofaer –. Toned, minor porosity. VF. Very rare, only one known to Prieur, and eight in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.