366, Lot: 669. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.33 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 214-217 or later. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Cf. Prieur 1735E. Good VF, toned.
Listed under Prieur’s “Atypical Coins” sections, which includes coins of Laodicean type but with an irregular style for the series.