331, Lot: 177. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.55 g, 1h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). Laureate head right / ETOYC NE[OY IEPOY B], eagle standing left on club, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left. McAlee 357; Prieur 135; RPC II 1971. VF.

Although the date is off the flan, the style of the portrait engraving indicates this to be an example of McAlee 357.