An Unpublished Mule

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1103. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Gabala. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (11.77 g, 4h). Struck AD 217. AVT K AN [DIA D]VMENEI•, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / DHMAPX E [X VPATOC P P, Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; palm to right; crab between legs. Cf. Prieur 1090/1089 (obv./rev.); otherwise unpublished. VF, porous. An unpublished mule of Diadumenian with a reverse of Macrinus. Unique.