Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1057. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.26 gm). Struck 117 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; eagle standing right on thigh of animal below / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears and poppies; river-god Orontes swimming right below. Prieur 154; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Galatia -. Near VF, light scratches. Very rare, only 3 specimens cited by Prieur. ($400)

Duplicate from the Richard McAlee Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 956.