136, Lot: 183. Estimate $100. Sold for $195. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.55 g). Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / DHMARC EX UPATOC TO D, eagle standing facing on a serpent-entwined torch, head turned to left, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1659A; Bellinger 363, pl. xxv, 3 (same obverse die). Good VF, toned with some underlying luster.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.