Countermarked by the Legio X Fretensis

419, Lot: 316. Estimate $500. Sold for $505. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Sebaste. Domitian. As Caesar, AD 69-81. Æ (22.8mm, 13.74 g, 12h). Countermarked by Legio X Fretensis. Dated CY 109 (81/2[?] CE). Laureate head right; c/ms: imperial bust right within incuse; [LXF] within incuse / Tyche standing left, holding globe and spear; [L]Θ[P] 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: cf. Barag Group III; for c/ms: Howgego 119, 291, 410, and 733i. Fair, dark green to black patina with some light earthen highlights/deposits; c/ms: Fine to VF. Rare. The first two countermarks on the obverse are barely visible, having been flattened by the subsequent application of the second pair.

From the D. C. Kopen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 1257.