CNG 84, Lot: 896. Estimate $150. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, the Charites (the Three Graces) standing facing; consular date in legend. Cf. Staal, p. 144; Prieur 1588; Bellinger 320. Good VF, light overall porosity.

From the Mark Staal Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Q (6 April 2006), lot 1952.