Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 853. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AR Tetradrachm (12.79 g, 6h). Struck AD 178/9. Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on thigh of sacrificial animal, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak, star between legs; palm frond to left; above left wing, ram’s head right. McAlee 580 (this coin referenced and illustrated); Prieur -. Good VF, toned, a few light scratches under tone in obverse field. Extremely rare, the only example recorded.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection.