McAlee Plate Coin

322, Lot: 476. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ As (25mm, 12.82 g, 12h). Laureate head left / Large S C within laurel wreath composed of eight sets of leaves. McAlee 362(c)/1 (this coin, illustrated); RPC I 2009. VF, attractive brown patina, light scratches. Very rare.

Ex Richard McAlee Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 78, 14 May 2008), lot 1423.