Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1249. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $535. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Trachonitis. Caesarea Philippi (Paneas). Diva Poppaea Sabina, with Diva Claudia. Died AD 65 and 63. Æ 19mm (4.22 g, 12h). Struck after AD 65. [DIV]A POP-PAEA AV[G], statue of Diva Poppaea seated left within distyle temple set on high podium / [DIVA C]LA-VD NER F, statue of Diva Claudia standing left on basis within hexastyle belvedere set on high podium. Y. Meshorer, “The Coins of Caesarea Paneas,” INJ 8 (1984-5), Pl. 7, H; RPC I 4846; SNG ANS 858; Rosenberger -. VF, black patina with dusty orange overtones. An attractive example of this rare dynastic issue.