71, Lot: 69. Estimate $75. Sold for $77. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Antioch. Galba. 68-69 AD. Æ 31mm (14.22 gm). Dated year 117 [Caesarean Era] (68/69 AD). Laureate head right / Legend and date in six lines within laurel wreath. RPC 4313; BMC Galatia etc. pg. 176, 206. Fine, black patina, scuff on back of head.
The legate of Syria, C. Licinius Crassus Mucianus urged the general Vespasian to declare for emperor, and was commander of the army that marched to Rome to validate Vespasian's claim to the throne. 

Duplicate from the Richard McAlee Collection.