Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 655. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Herodian Kings. Herod IV Philip, with Tiberius. 4 BCE-34 CE. Æ 17mm (5.51 gm, 12h). Paneas (Banias) mint. Dated RY 34 (30/1 CE). Bare head of Tiberius right; laurel branch to right / Tetrastyle temple (Augusteum) with pellet in pediment; date between columns. Meshorer 106; RPC I 4948; Hendin 538. Good VF, desert patina. Nice example of these usually poorly struck coins. ($500)