437, Lot: 260. Estimate $150. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Ascalon. Æ (23mm, 13.72 g, 1h). Countermark applied mid 1st century AD. Male head right within rectangular countermark on a bronze of Claudius from Ascalon, dated CY 146 (AD 42/3). Howgego 143. Host VF, c/m VF, brown patina. Rare and unusually large countermark.

From the Richard Baker Collection, purchased from David Tranbarger. Ex A.K. Collection (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 560.25; Münzen und Medaillen AG 32 (20 October 1966), lot 309.