453, Lot: 252. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.10 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on club, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm branch to left, crescent between legs. Prieur 126; McAlee 350/2 (this coin illustrated); RPC II 1959. Toned, metal flaws on Vespasian’s cheek. VF. Very rare, seven known to Prieur, and three in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.