375, Lot: 602. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sebaste. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ (23mm, 13.89 g, 12h). Dated CY 109 (81/2 CE). Laureate head right; c/m: LXF (= Legio X Fretensis) within incuse rectangle / Fortuna standing left, with foot on uncertain object, holding globe and scepter; [L] ΘP (date) to upper left. RPC II 2226; SNG ANS 1068; Rosenberger 4; Sofaer 1. For c/m: Howgego 733. Near VF, earthen green and red-brown patina.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.

The Legio X Fretensis played a significant role during the First Jewish War and remained stationed in the region until the 4th century.