CNG 90, Lot: 1095. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caecilius Bassus. Proconsul, 46-44 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.82 g, 1h). In the name and types of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphus. Dated year 4 of the Caesarian era (46/5 BC). Diademed head right / Zeus Nicephorus seated left; Antioch monogram to inner left; Δ (date) in exergue; all within wreath; pellet above arm of Zeus. RPC 4128; McAlee 5(b)/1 (same dies); Prieur 5. VF, some porosity. Very rare.