CNG 88, Lot: 443. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. 78/7-17/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.39 g, 1h). Dated CY 17 (65/4 BC). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Zeus Nikephoros seated left; ZI (date) to inner left, monogram below throne, AΣ in exergue; all within wreath. Callataÿ, Production, dies D14/R1; SNG Copenhagen -; HGC 9, 1398; G. Hirsch 155, lot 162 (same dies). Good VF, attractively toned, reverse a little off center. Extremely rare variety with these control marks, only one example recorded.