CNG 111, Lot: 567. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.22 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; carriage of Astarte between legs. Prieur 1362. EF, toned with underlying luster, thin surface crack on obverse, a few spots of verdigris.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.