451, Lot: 288. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.79 g, 12h). Dated “New Holy Year” 2 (AD 69/70). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Laureat head of Titus right; barred B (date) to right. Prieur 111; McAlee 333 (this coin illustrated); RPC II 1960 (this coin cited and illustrated). Toned, scratches and marks. VF. Extremely rare, three known to Prieur, and none in CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection, purchased privately from Richard McAlee.