396, Lot: 516. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.79 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, ram’s head left above altar. Prieur 1311 var. (no drapery, rev. legend); CNG E-378, lot 371 var. (rev. legend); Roma E-13, lot 258. VF, lightly toned. Very rare variety.