Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 316. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Tetradrachm (15.38 g, 12h). Antioch in Syria mint. Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 97/8). AVT • NEPOVAΣ • KAIΣ • ΣEB • ΓEPM •, laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder; all within pelleted border / ETOVΣ NEOV • IEPOV (beginning in exergue), eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings displayed; palm frond to right, barred B (date) above left wing; all within pelleted border. McAlee 420; Prieur 150; Wruck 125. Superb EF, reverse slightly double struck. Rare.