453, Lot: 254. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.51 g, 1h). Dated “New Holy Year” 1 (AD 69). Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on club, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left. Prieur 132B (this coin); McAlee 355; RPC II 1970. Lightly toned, some deposits. Good Fine. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.