CNG 88, Lot: 1024. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.45 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Laureate head of Titus right; B with macron above (date) to right. RPC 1941; McAlee 329; Prieur 107. VF, lightly toned, a few deposits. Listed as “Rare” in McAlee. Seven examples cited in RPC II.

From the Sierra Collection.