453, Lot: 253. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.64 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 127 (this coin); McAlee 351; RPC II 1961. Toned, obverse metal flaw, some light scratches and porosity. VF. Extremely rare, six known to Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXI (18 March 1993), lot 564.