CNG 85, Lot: 653. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.71 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Bellinger 74; Prieur 1183. EF, lustrous. Good quality metal.