Fine Style Portrait

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 812. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tetradrachm (14.90 g, 6h). Struck AD 118. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on left shoulder / Eagle standing facing on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail left, with wings displayed; YΠAT B (date) in legend. McAlee 532; Prieur 155. Choice EF, minor deposits and area of soft strike. Obverse struck with die of fine style.