Extremely Rare

443, Lot: 374. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Aradus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.76 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crescent between legs. Prieur 1256. Near EF, lightly toned with underlying luster. Extremely rare, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.