Triton XXII, Lot: 701. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.01 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT K AV AN-TΩNЄINOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ V-ΠATOC TO Δ, eagle, with wings spread and holding wreath in beak, standing right on bull advancing right. Prieur 1233 (this coin, illustrated); Bellinger –. VF, toned, some porosity. Extremely rare and possibly unique.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Empire Coins FPL 46 (August 1989), no. 41.