CNG 85, Lot: 629. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.99 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 205-207. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on thigh of sacrificial animal, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 659a (same obv. die as plated specimen); Prieur 200. Near EF.