360, Lot: 327. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sepphoris (Diocaesarea). Trajan. 98-117 CE. Æ (18mm, 5.36 g, 12h). [TP]AIANOΣ AVT[OKPA–TΩP] EΔΩKEN, laureate head right / Filleted caduceus. Sofaer 3; Rosenberger 5; SNG ANS 1092-3. VF, green patina.

Trajan’s issues from Sepphoris all feature this or a similar obverse legend, which indicates that the emperor “gave” or “permitted” the coinage.