144, Lot: 215. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Ascalon. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ 30mm (20.28 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ACKALWN, Derketo standing facing, head left, holding dove and sceptre, standing on figure of Triton who is raising a cornucopiae. Cf. Rosenberger 183 (year 260); cf. SNG ANS 723; cf. BMC Palestine pg. 130, 192ff; ; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, brown patina, rough surfaces. Date not visible so proper attribution not possible.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.