453, Lot: 249. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 13.24 g, 12h). Alexandria mint style. Dated “Holy Year” 3 (AD 70/1). Laureate head right; L Γ (date) beneath chin / IEPOV ETOV[Σ Γ], eagle standing left on club, with wings spread; palm frond to left. Prieur 115; McAlee 340 (this coin illustrated); RPC II 1949/1 (this coin cited and illustrated). Toned, scratches and roughness. Good Fine. Extremely rare, two known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Richard McAlee Collection; Schulten (27 March 1990), lot 588.