SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.66 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 and year 108 of the Caesarean Era (AD 59/60). Near EF.

Triton XXVII – Session 5
Lot: 5472. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Provincial, Silver

Sold For $ 1 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.66 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 4180.4 (this coin); Prieur 80. Lightly toned, minor marks. Near EF.

From the J.K. Biblical Collection. Ex New York Sale XXXII (8 January 2014), lot 222 (hammer $1300); Gorny & Mosch 207 (15 October 2012), lot 505.

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: 17 January 2024 at 12:37:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer’s fee.