Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1494. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Gaza. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ 19mm (6.04 g, 12h). Dated Epidemia 2 (130/1 CE). A K A TP AΔPIANOC, laureate head right / ΓAZA B EΠI, Hercules standing facing, head left, leaning on club and holding lion skin; Phoenician “mem” to right. SNG ANS -; cf. Rosenberger 52-58 (for type); cf. SNG Copenhagen 52 (same). VF, black-green patina with earthen deposits. Very rare date.