Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 708. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $845. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. 78/7-17/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.03 g, 12h). Dated CY 27 (55/4 BC). Turreted bust of Tyche right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ZK (date) to inner left, monogram below throne, ΣE in exergue; all within wreath. Mørkholm, Autonomous 17 var. (KA not ΣE); SNG Copenhagen -; CNG 73, lot 426 (same dies). Near EF, a little die rust on obverse, short hairline flan crack.