257, Lot: 284. Estimate $150. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.06 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 1 (AD 69). Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on club, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left. McAlee 343; Prieur 120 (citing 11); RPC II 1953. Near VF, lightly toned. Scarce.

From the Sierra Collection.