Triton XXII, Lot: 659. Estimate $500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.59 g, 12h). Struck AD 205-207. AVT KAI CЄOVHPOC C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC Γ, eagle standing facing, head right, with wings spread; star between legs. Prieur & Amandry Group I, 6; McAlee, Severan, Group I, 2; Prieur 1120. EF, toned. Very rare.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert Gait Collection, 751.