445, Lot: 382. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.96 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lit altar. Prieur 1708 (this coin); Sofaer –. VF, toned, a touch of porosity. Extremely rare, only two noted by Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., February 1991.