453, Lot: 257. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.43 g, 11h). Dated “New Holy Year” 5 (AD 72/3). Laureate head left / Eagle standing left on garlanded altar, with wings spread, head right, holding caduceus in beak and palm frond in right talon. Prieur 139 (this coin); McAlee 361; RPC II 1974. Toned, numerous light scratches, a few deposits. Near Fine.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.