71, Lot: 68. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Antioch. Galba. 68-69 AD. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.08 gm). Dated regnal year 1 (68 AD). Laureate head right; star before / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm before. Prieur 96; RPC I 4196. Fine. Rare.

Duplicate from the Richard McAlee Collection.

While most dated coins of early imperial Antioch used either the Caesarean or Actian dating system, this tetradrachm employs Galba's regnal date, similar to the system in Egypt.