Illustrated in Prieur, McAlee and RPC
Triton XXII, Lot: 578. Estimate $500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.83 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). AYTOKPA OYЄCΠACIANOC KAICAP CЄBACTOC, laureate head right / ЄTOYC NЄOY IЄPOY B (date), eagle standing left on club, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left. Prieur 122 (
this coin illustrated); McAlee 345/3 (
this coin illustrated); RPC II 1954.29 (
this coin, illustrated on pl. 87). Good VF, toned, minor granularity. Fine style.
From the Michel Prieur Collection.