Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 511. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (13.10 g, 6h). Officina H. Struck AD 215-217. AVT K • M • AN ••• TwNEINOC C E • B [•], laureate head right / DHMARC EX UPATOC TO D, eagle standing facing, head left, wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; H below beak; between legs, radiate and draped bust of Shamash left. Cf. Prieur 982/984 (same obv. die/rev. type); Bellinger 188; SNG Copenhagen -. Superb EF, toned. Bold, aggressive portrait.