Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 806. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Cyrrhus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (13.61 g, 2h). Struck AD 215-217. Radiate bust left / Zeus, holding thunderbolt and scepter, seated left within wings of eagle standing right on fillited thyrsus. Prieur 900 (same dies). Good Fine, porous. Very rare.