CNG 112, Lot: 441. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.95 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 209-212. Laureate head right / Laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules right, with lion’s skin tied around neck. Prieur 1531. Toned, some light scratches and marks. EF. Extremely rare, only four noted by Prieur, and two, including this coin, in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, no. 607; Auctiones AG 15 (18 September 1985), lot 391.