CNG 102, Lot: 750. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.52 g, 12h). Struck circa 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, 6 var. (eagle’s head and tail left; same obv. die); Prieur 1132 var. (same; same obv. die); Bellinger –. Good VF, toned, small spots of verdigris. Unpublished in the standard references.