Commander Who Sought to Quell the First Jewish-Roman War
435, Lot: 256. Estimate $150. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (30mm, 15.42 g, 12h). C. Cestius Gallus,
legatus Syriae. Dated year 115 of the Caesarean Era (AD 66/7). Laureate head right; lituus to right / ЄΠI •/ΓAIOY K/ЄCTIOY Λ/NTIOXЄ/ЄT ЄIP in five lines within wreath within pelleted border. McAlee 292; RPC I 4303 corr. (legends). VF, dark green to black patina with some reddish earthen highlights/deposits, a few light scratches. Extremely rare, only one specimen in CoinArchives.