Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 819. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Gabala. Diadumenian. AD 218. AR Tetradrachm (12.12 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, crab. Prieur 1090 (same obv. die). VF, a few metal flaws and minor deposits. Very rare.