269, Lot: 280. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.69 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 208. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan Group 2, 16/Group 3, 25 (obv./rev.); Prieur 1140/1149 (obv./rev.). Near EF, lightly toned, patch of minor roughness behind bust.