Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 804. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Beroea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (12.48 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; below, B Є flanking bird facing . Prieur 888 (same obv. die). VF, area of soft strike on reverse. Rare.