CNG 99, Lot: 506. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.87 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T Δ, eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; wine jar between legs. Meshorer 89a var. (rev. legend); Prieur 1626-8 var. (same); Bellinger –; Sofaer 80 var. (same); NAC 33, lot 532. Good VF, toned. Attractive bust. Very rare.