Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 639. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $605. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Hierapolis. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (13.48 g, 1h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 947; Bellinger 107. Good VF. Struck on a compact flan.