CNG 85, Lot: 649. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.44 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 208. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan, Group 3, 25; Prieur 1149 var. (distribution of obv. legend). EF, very minor scratch before bust. Exceptional condition.