Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1488. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Ascalon. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ 22mm (10.21 g, 12h). Darted CY 135 (31/2 CE). Bare head right; C [E] across field / Astarte-Tyche standing left on prow, holding scepter and aplustre; to left, [A]C above dove right; date to right. Cf. RPC 4878 = SNG ANS 667 (Augustus); Rosenberger 84. Near VF, dark-green patina. Rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.