Unique Caracalla & Julia Domna Tetradrachm

443, Lot: 362. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla, with Julia Domna. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.85 g, 1h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head of Caracalla right, set on eagle standing right / Draped bust right of Julia Domna. Prieur 1228 (this coin). Good VF, toned, flan crack, some porosity and minor deposits. Extremely rare, if not unique, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex M&M Numismatics 1 (7 December 1997), lot 259; Hess-Leu 49 (27 April 1971), lot 405.