CNG 85, Lot: 693. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Neapolis. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 CE. Æ (33mm, 22.34 g, 12h). ANTωNINOC CЄBAC ЄVCЄ AYTOK KAICAP, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΦΛ NEACΠO-ΛE CYP[IAC ΠAΛAICTNHC], Mount Gerizim surmounted by temple complex; steep stairway flanked by shrines leading towards complex, roadway at mid-height leading to altar, colonnade at base of mountain, [date in exergue]. Cf. Rosenberger 9-10; cf. SNG ANS 965; cf. Hendin 878. VF, sandy green patina. Detailed reverse design.