Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 208-209. AVT KAI ANTΩNЄINOC C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, drapery on far shoulder, aegis on breastplate / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Γ, eagle with wings spread and head to right standing facing, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1154; Prieur & Amandry Group III, 39; McAlee, Severan, Group III, 27. 15.76g, 26mm, 11h.
Near Mint State; attractive light cabinet tone. Very Rare - only 8 cited by Prieur, with 1 other in CoinArchives.
Ex Michel Prieur Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXII, 8 January 2019, lot 673 (hammer: USD 6,500);
Ex Robert Gait Collection; P. Rynearson (Malibu, CA) FLP, Spring 1988, no. 54.