SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.23 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 and year 108 of the Caesarean Era (AD 59/60). VF.

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Lot: 268. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Silver

Sold For $ 350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.23 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; Prieur 80. Lightly toned, minor marks, scrape on obverse, trace deposits. VF.

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: 6 March 2024 at 11:29:00 ET.

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