Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 836. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $780. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblus. Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Tetradrachm (15.34 g, 1h). MΛP OΠC ΛN TWNINOC KΛ, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on ground line, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; lighted altar between legs. Prieur 1334 var. (obv. legend). Fine, porous. Very rare variety.