PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.05 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. AVT · K · M A ANTΩNЄINO C · CЄB ·, laureate head right / · ΔHMAPX · ЄΞ VΠATOC · TO Δ, eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; pilei of the Dioscuri between legs. Prieur 1222; Bellinger 257 (Tripolis). Lightly toned with underlying luster, hairline die break on reverse. Choice EF. An exceptional coin, better than the Prieur example.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection, purchased from ILM, 5 December 1996 .