CNG 85, Lot: 691. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.62 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; pellet-in-annulet between legs. Kadman -; Rosenberger 62; SNG ANS 791; Prieur 1672 (same dies as illustration); Hendin 838. Good VF. Extremely rare, Prieur cites only three examples.