CNG 96, Lot: 671. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Vespasian. Circa 50-100 CE. Æ Medallion (33mm, 21.21 g, 12h). Caesarea Panias mint. Dated year 27 of Agrippa II’s first era (75/6 CE). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Tyche–Fortuna standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopia; star to upper right. Meshorer 167a = Sofaer 237 var. (star to upper left); Hendin 1288 var. (same); Shoshana I 20163 var. (same); Samel 196 (no star); RPC II 2282 var. (star to upper left). VF, natural green patina, deposits on reverse. A seemingly new variant of an extremely rare medallic type.