Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 655. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (13.44 g, 12h). Struck AD 208-209. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on far shoulder; aegis on breastplate / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1154. Near EF.