Lot 994

Description

Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare, Caracalla (A.D. 198-217), silver tetradrachm, (13.74 grams), issued 214-217, obv. laureate head of Caracalla to right, around AYT K M A ANT**W*NEINO C CEB, rev. eagle standing facing, head to left, wreath in beak, between legs eight pointed star, around **DHMARC EX UPATOX TO D*, (S.2657, Bellinger 72 [ANS Mum. Studies No.3, p.34, Pl.VI, 7]). Large flan with brilliant fields, as struck with high relief and an exceptionally fine portrait, full mint bloom and very rare in this condition.