Triton XIX, Lot: 301. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa I. 37-43 CE. Æ (24mm, 8.84 g, 12h). Caesarea Maritima mint. Dated RY 7 (42/3 CE). [BACIΛEΩC MEΓAC] AΓPIΠΠAC ΦIΛ[OKAICAP], diademed head right / [K]AICAPIA H ΠPOC [TΩ CEBA]CTΩ ΛIMHNI, Tyche of Caesarea standing left, holding rudder in right hand, palm frond in left; LZ (date) to right. Meshorer 122; Hendin 1246; RPC I 4985; Bromberg 41; Shoshana I 20141; Sofaer 165–6; Spaer 114. VF, dark green patina with earthen dusting. Well centered and struck for issue, superior to the specimen sold in CNG 99, lot 497 for $2300. Very rare.
From the David Hendin Collection.