Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1215. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (11.63 g, 1h). Struck AD 215-217. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from front / Eagle standing facing, head right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 939 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, minor porosity.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.