Extremely Rare

443, Lot: 368. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.79 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Radiate and cuirassed heroic bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, bull’s head right. Prieur 1236 (this coin). Choice EF, lustrous, some minor pitting, small obverse deposit. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Superior Galleries (1 December 1990), lot 2486.