Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1052. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian, with Titus. 69-79 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.64 gm). Dated year 2 (69/70 AD). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Laureate head of Titus right. Prieur 107A; RPC II 1941; cf. SNG Copenhagen 168; McAlee, "Vespasian's Syrian Provincial Coinage," AJN 7-8, 6. Lightly toned, near VF. Very rare, only one specimen cited by Prieur without the T in the reverse legend. ($300)

Duplicate from the Richard McAlee Collection.