200, Lot: 261. Estimate $150. Sold for $162. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ As (30mm, 16.29 g, 12h). Laureate head right / S C; A below; all within laurel wreath. McAlee 407(a) (this coin illustrated); RPC II 2021. VF, dark green patina, light highlights, minor adjustment marks. Very rare.

From the Richard McAlee Collection.

Although RPC cites 54 specimens of this coin, only 4 are listed with the ‘A’ numeral-letter on the reverse, the remainder being ‘Є’, ‘Ө’, ‘Z’, or ‘H’.