333, Lot: 252. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sepphoris (Diocaesarea). Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ (21mm, 9.66 g, 12h). [TPAIAN]OΣ AVTO-KPATΩP EΔ[ΩKEN], laureate head right / Palm tree. Rosenberger 4; SNG ANS 1088. Good VF, green patina.

Trajan’s issues from Sepphoris all feature this remarkable obverse legend, which indicates that the emperor granted Sepphoris the right to strike coinage.