CNG 91, Lot: 638. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.60 g, 6h). Struck AD 205-207. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread; star between legs. McAlee, Severan Group 1, 3; Prieur 1121 (same obv. die as illustration). EF, toned, minor deposits on edge. Rare.

From Group CEM.