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Electronic Auction 431  24 Oct 2018
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Lot 320

Estimate: 400 USD
Price realized: 475 USD
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 14.65 g, 12h). Dated "New Holy Year" 3 (AD 70/1). Laureate head right / ЄTOYC NЄOY IЄPOY • Γ (date), eagle standing left on club, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; palm frond to left. McAlee 346; Prieur 124; RPC II 1955. VF, artificial tone, a little overcleaned. Rare.

The date "Holy Year" 3 coincides with the fall of Jerusalem in August of AD 70.
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