Unpublished Variety

CNG 112, Lot: 451. Estimate $500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Ascalon. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 15.63 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on palm frond, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between its legs, dove right. Prieur 1654-5 var. (dove in exergue); Sofaer 177-8 var. (same). Toned, minor metal flaws. VF. Extremely rare, this variety unknown to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.