Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA, Berytus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.36 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI AN-TωNЄINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔH ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; grain ears between legs, dolphin entwined around trident in exergue. Prieur 1295 var. (rev. legend); Bellinger 281 var. (same). VF, toned. Extremely rare.


From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 46 (2 April 2008), lot 1121.