Prieur Plate Coin

445, Lot: 359. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.74 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch right, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1660 (this coin); Sofaer –. Good VF, lightly toned with underlying luster. Very rare, only one known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Münz Zentrum 53 (13 November 1984), lot 1952.