Countermarked by the Legio X Fretensis

419, Lot: 315. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sebaste. Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. Æ (23.5mm, 12.37 g, 11h). Countermarked by Legio X Fretensis. Dated CY 109 (81/2[?] CE). Laureate head right; c/ms: imperial bust right within incuse; L[X]F within incuse / Tyche standing left, holding globe and spear; [LΘP in upper left field]; c/ms: boar standing right, with LXF above and dolphin below, all within incuse; galley right within incuse. For coin type: RPC II 2226; for c/m pattern: Barag Group III; for c/ms: Howgego 119, 291, 410, and 733i. Fine, dark green to black patina; c/ms: VF. Rare.

From the D. C. Kopen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 887.