200, Lot: 257. Estimate $150. Sold for $265. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ As (21mm, 6.43 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74 at Rome for usage predominantly in Syria. Laureate head right / S C within laurel wreath. McAlee 372 (this coin illustrated) = RPC II 1986.4; RIC II 1566. VF, yellow-brown orichalcum surfaces. Rare.

From the Richard McAlee Collection.