Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1409. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm (13.44 gm). Cos. 4 (215-217 AD). Laureate head right; eagle standing right below, holding wreath in its beak / Eagle standing facing on a thyrsos, head turned left; bunch of grapes between legs. Cf. Prieur 1621/1622 (obverse die of 1621, reverse as 1622); Bellinger -. Lightly toned VF, light field marks. Very Rare obverse type with only two recorded by Prieur. Unrecorded variety. ($1000)