Triton XXII, Lot: 732. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.39 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI ANT-ωNINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T Δ, eagle standing facing on vine branch with three bunches of grapes, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; wine jar between legs. Meshorer,
Aelia 91 = Sofaer 81 var. (legends); Prieur 1633 (
this coin illustrated); Bellinger 351. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex M&M Numismatics I (7 December 1997), lot 276.