257, Lot: 288. Estimate $200. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.00 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). Small bust of Vespasian left, with slight drapery, above an eagle standing left / Laureat bust of Titus right; lituus behind. McAlee 331; Prieur 109 (citing 8, same obv. die as illustration); RPC II 1944. Near VF, toned, deposits. Rare.

From the Sierra Collection.