Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 843. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (11.43 g, 12h). Struck AD 207-208. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1140; SNG Copenhagen 360 var. (bust type). Superb EF, underlying luster. Exceptional portrait.