CNG 100, Lot: 1742. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.27 g, 12h). Dated year 26 of the Actian Era (5 BC). Laureate head right / ETOVΣ ςΚ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond in right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (=ΥΠΑTOY) and IB (consular date) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). McAlee 180; Prieur 50; RPC I 4151; DCA 400. Near EF, toned, tiny flaw at center of obverse. Well struck and good metal.