Unpublished Aelia Tetradrachm

CNG 112, Lot: 445. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.36 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. AYT KAI ANTW NINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TOΔ, eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, panther right and wine jar (amphora) . Prieur –; Meshorer, Aelia –; Sofaer –. Toned. Good VF. Unpublished in the standard references.

Ex Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 520 (hammer £2600).