CNG 111, Lot: 569. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.42 g, 5h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1546A (this coin). EF, lightly toned with underlying luster.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.