CNG 84, Lot: 910. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Sebaste. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (33mm, 11.99 g, 7h). Dated CY 216 (AD 191/2). IMP C M ΛV COM ΛN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CEBACTH/NωN in two lines in exergue, female deity, holding torch, driving biga of snakes left; to left, male figure standing facing, head right; Lς to upper left, IC to right. Apparently unpublished, but see Gemini VI, lot 766 for a coin of Caracalla from Sebaste with the same reverse type. VF, earthen green patina.