437, Lot: 304. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch(?). Nero, with Divus Claudius. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.95 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 63-68. Laureate head of Nero right; ivy leaf above wreath tie / Laureate head of Divus Claudius right. Prieur 47 corr. (no ivy leaf listed in obv. description); McAlee 269/1 (this coin illustrated); RPC –. VF, toned, minor porosity.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXVII (29 September 1993), lot 1284.

Often attributed to Caesarea in Cappadocia (Sydenham 64-5), this type (and its variants) are now attributed to Seleucis and Pieria based on find spots, but the exact mint remains unclear.