453, Lot: 251. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 14.13 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on club, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm branch to left, crescent between legs. Prieur 125; McAlee 349; RPC II 1958. Lightly toned, a few light scratches, metal flaws, reverse triple struck. Near VF. Extremely rare, four known to Prieur, and four in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.