436, Lot: 380. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.51 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI AN-TΩNIN CЄB, laureate head right / ΔHMAP ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1663A var. (obv. legend); Bellinger 364 var. (legends); Sofaer 56 var. (same). VF, toned, porous surfaces. Possibly an unpublished variety.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 1040.