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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.46 g, 12h). Dated "Holy Year" 3 (AD 70/1). Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on palm frond, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; club to left; Γ (date) in legend. McAlee 352 (Antioch); RPC II 1964 (Caesarea Maritima mint); Prieur 130 (Antioch). Lightly toned, porosity, cleaning scratches. Near VF.
The date "Holy Year" 3 coincides with the fall of Jerusalem in August of AD 70. It is has been suggested that these tetradrachms were struck at Caesarea Maritima (see RPC II, p. 276; McAlee, p. 173; Butcher, p. 72).
The date "Holy Year" 3 coincides with the fall of Jerusalem in August of AD 70. It is has been suggested that these tetradrachms were struck at Caesarea Maritima (see RPC II, p. 276; McAlee, p. 173; Butcher, p. 72).