CNG 91, Lot: 639. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.73 g, 12h). Struck AD 208-209. Laureate and draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. McAlee, Severan -; Prieur 1150 (same dies). EF, lightly toned. Very rare - only one known to Prieur at the time of his publication.

From Group CEM.