CNG 85, Lot: 630. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.92 g, 1h). Struck AD 211/2. Laureate head right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • YΠA • TO Γ, eagle standing facing on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 670 var. (rev. legend); Prieur 208 var. (same). Near EF. Struck with dies of fine style.