413, Lot: 315. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sepphoris (Diocaesarea). Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ (22mm, 10.79 g, 12h). [TP]AIANOΣ AVTO-[KPAT]ΩP EΔΩKEN, laureate head right / Palm tree. Sofaer 2; RPC III 3937. Good VF, earthen black patina.

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