Lot 3730
Sale 133 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
Description
Phoenicia, Tyre Mint, Caracalla (A.D. 198-217), silver tetradrachm, (13.67 g), issued 209-212, obv. laureate bust draped and cuirassed of Caracalla to right, around AYT KAI ANTWNINOC CE, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs murex shell on a club, around **DHMARC EX UPATO*C **TOG , (S.2679, Bellinger 295 [ANS Mum. Studies No.3, p.86, Pl.XXI, 1], Prieur 1535 [p.171]). Nearly extremely fine and very scarce.
Ex Greg Melick SC Collection, previously from Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 89 (lot 3877) and Sale 130 (lot 4379).
- Estimate
- $300
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $240