Extremely Rare Gaza Tetradrachm

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 522. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $3100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Gaza. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (14.03 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. AVT K A N TWNINOC CEB, radiate head right / DHMARC EX UPATOC TO • D •, eagle standing facing, head left, wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; Marnas symbol above each wing; wreath between legs. Prieur 1693; Bellinger 379 and pl. XXVI, 3 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 2, 544 (same dies). VF, light overall porosity. Extremely rare.