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CNG 99, Lot: 528. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 10.72 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI A-NTωNINOC C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX · · ЄΞ VΠATO Δ, temple complex atop Mt. Gerizim; K to left of temple; all within beaded border supported by eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread. Unpublished, but cf. Prieur 1700 and Bellinger 337 for similar. Good VF, slightly granular. Apparently unique.


Prieur 1700 (of which the author knew of two specimens) varies in a number of details: bust type; reverse legend; an absence of the “K” in the reverse field; double border enclosing Mt. Gerizim; and eagle holding wreath.