Rare Aelia Capitolina Tetradrachm

291, Lot: 272. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.04 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on grape vine, head left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; wine jar between legs. Meshorer, Aelia –; Prieur 1633. Near VF, faint porosity. Rare.