436, Lot: 379. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.01 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. [AV]T K M AVP A-NTωNINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX Є-Ξ [VΠATOC T] Δ, eagle standing facing on thyrsus, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; wine jar between legs, ivy leaf in exergue. Meshorer,
Aelia 88a; Prieur 1636 corr. (obv. legend); Bellinger –; Sofaer –. VF, toned, porosity. Extremely rare.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 1194.