436, Lot: 376. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.14 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI A[NT]ωNINOC CЄ, radiate bust right, slight drapery / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠAT TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; K to upper right, altar between legs. Prieur 1316 var. (bust type); Bellinger 265. VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, 893; Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 1023.