Rare Drachm with Denominational Marking

Triton XXII, Lot: 563. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Drachm (18mm, 3.65 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 and year 105 of the Caesarean Era (AD 56/7). NEPONOΣ KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBA, laureate head right / ΔPA-XMH, tripod with serpent entwined around central leg; above, EP and Γ (dates). Prieur 78 (this coin illustrated); McAlee 278b (this coin illustrated); RPC I 4179. VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (11 October 1993), lot 356.