CNG 87, Lot: 883. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.77 g, 12h). Struck AD 207-208. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; eight-rayed star between legs. McAlee, Severan, Group 2, 16 (same obv. die as illustration); Prieur 1140 (same obv. die as illustration); Bellinger -. Near EF, very minor porosity.