Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1249. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, Caesarea. Diadumenian. 217-218 CE. AR Tetradrachm (11.53 gm, 12h). M OP ANTW-NINO KA, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / DHMARC EX OVCIAC, eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch, head left, wreath in beak; between legs, head of bull right. Kadman, Caesarea, -; Prieur 1680 var. (obv. legend); Hendin -; SNG ANS 800 var. (same). Near VF, toned, porous. Rare. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.