453, Lot: 247. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.16 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Laureate head of Titus right; barred B (date) to right. Prieur 107 (this coin); McAlee 329; RPC II 1941. Toned, flan flaw on Vespasian’s neck, a few light scratches. Good Fine. Extremely rare, one known to Prieur, and five in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Cisjordania Hoard I, no. 330 (1996).