Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1158. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Ascalon. Diadumenian. 217-218 AD. AR Tetradrachm (14.20 gm). M OP ANTWNI KAI, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / DHMAPX EXO, eagle standing facing, head left, wreath in beak, on palm branch; below, dove right, olive branch in its beak. Prieur 1656 var. (same obverse die, different reverse legend). Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, only one coin of Diadumenian cited by Prieur from this mint. ($2000)