CNG 100, Lot: 1744. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Gabala. Diadumenian. AD 218. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.35 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; crab between legs. Prieur 1090 (same obv. die). VF, toned, minor flaws on cheek and neck. Rare, possibly only the fifth known.