453, Lot: 255. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 15.03 g, 12h). 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 132 var. (year A missing from reverse legend); McAlee 355 var. (same); RPC II 1970 var. (same). Toned, some verdigris on the obverse. VF. Rare die engraver’s error.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 149, 4 October 2006), lot 288; Numismatic Fine Arts XXXIII (3 May 1994), lot 1527.