CNG 85, Lot: 651. Estimate $300. Sold for $490. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.24 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 212. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing right, head and tail left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan, Group 5, 38; Prieur 1167. Near EF, “X” graffito on obverse below chin.