Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 653. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $415. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (12.49 g, 12h). Struck AD 207-208. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1140 (same obv. die). Near EF.