SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.67 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 and year 108 of the Caesarean Era (AD 59/60). Near VF.

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Lot: 430.
Closing Date: Jul 3 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Silver

Estimate: $ 100

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.67 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 and year 108 of the Caesarean Era (AD 59/60). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings displayed; palm frond to left, ς above HP (dates) to right. McAlee 256b; RPC I 4180; Prieur 80. Lightly toned, minor mark, light deposits. Near VF.

Prieur notes in his book (p. 13): “This is the first coin where a palm-branch appears in the field. We have noted in our introduction to Antioch that it was a religious symbol linked to rites of aspersion. The suppression of the Tyche, which bore the palm in hand, does not make the palm disappear; it must have had a meaning in itself.”

Closing Date and Time: 3 July 2024 at 12:23:00 ET.

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