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CNG 112, Lot: 442. Estimate $300.
Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Geta. AD 209-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.15 g, 12h). Struck AD 209-212. AVT KAI ΓЄTAC CЄ, laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on club, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex shell between legs. Prieur 1538. Lightly toned, underlying luster. EF. Attractive portrait style. Rare obverse legend variety, only two noted by Prieur, and six (including this coin) in CoinArchives.


From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 134 (11 October 2004), lot 2206; Giessener Münzhandlung 90 (12 October 1998), lot 701.