SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.88 g, 11h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 97/8).

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Roman Provincial, Silver

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.88 g, 11h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 97/8). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis on shoulder / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings displayed; palm frond to right; B (date) in upper right field. McAlee 420; RPC II 3477; Prieur 150. Graffito on obverse, bold portrait. VF. Rare.

From the Kalevala Collection.

All of Nerva's year 2 tetradrachms from Antioch include the title Germanicus, which he received around November AD 97. Since he died just a few months later at the end of January 98, all coins of this date are rare, with Prieur knowing of only 8 specimens at the time of his publication, compared to 87 for year 1.

Closing Date and Time: 3 August 2022 at 11:27:40 ET.

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