330, Lot: 220. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sepphoris (Diocaesarea). Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ (15mm, 2.46 g, 12h). [TPAIANOΣ AV]-TOK EΔΩKEN, laureate head right / Two grain ears bound at stalks. Sofaer 4; SNG ANS –. Near VF, earthen green patina, flan crack.

Trajan’s issues from Sepphoris all feature this or a similar obverse legend, which indicates that the emperor “gave” or “permitted” the coinage.