Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1223. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (12.60 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Eagle standing facing on thigh of sacrificial animal, head right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; •D• and •E• above wings. Prieur 224; SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, minor porosity on reverse.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.