384, Lot: 474. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sepphoris (Diocaesarea). Trajan. 98-117 CE. Æ (23mm, 11.66 g, 12h). TPAIANOΣ AVTO-[KPATΩ]P EΔΩKEN, laureate head right / Palm tree. Rosenberger 4; Sofaer 2. Near VF, earthen green patina.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.

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