112, Lot: 161. Estimate $150. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis & Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla & Plautilla. 198-217 AD. Æ 32mm (22.82 gm). Struck 202-205 AD. Conjoined, draped busts of Caracalla (radiate) and Plautilla (crescent beneath) as Helios and Selene; c/m's: COL and CAG / SEPT LAVDIC COLON METPOPLI, eagle standing left, head right, in domed distyle temple. Meyer, "Die Bronzeprägung von Laodikeia in Syrien 194-217," in JNG 37/38 (1987/1988), pg. 87, 99 (this coin); BMC Galatia pg. 260, 95; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; Howgego 586 and 581 (for countermarks). Fine, dark brown patina, choice surfaces.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.