Prieur Plate Coin

451, Lot: 280. Estimate $200. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero, with Divus Claudius. AD 54-68. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.86 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 63-68. Laureate head of Nero right; ivy leaf above wreath tie / Laureate head of Divus Claudius right. Prieur 47A corr. (this coin illustrated – “no ivy leaf” listed in obv. description, but illustrated example shows ivy leaf); McAlee 269; RPC I –. Lightly toned, hints of porosity. VF.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Reportedly ex G. Hirsch 26 (1961), lot 524.