CNG 102, Lot: 752. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.87 g, 12h). Struck AD 209-212. AVT · KAI · CЄOVHPOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on club, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; murex between legs. Prieur 1534 var. (obv. legend). EF, lightly toned. Unpublished variant of a scarce type.