Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 817. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Emesa. Macrinus. AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (13.54 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate and draped bust of Shamash left. Prieur 976 (same obv. die). VF, porous. Rare.