Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 832. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Tetradrachm (14.16 g, 12h). Bare head right / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned left; ΣΩ/EΛ to inner left. RPC 4117.1 = McAlee 234 = Prieur 41 (this coin, illustrated in RPC); cf. SNG Levante 985-7 (for rev. type). Fine, toned, shift strike on obverse. Extremely rare.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection.