JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.38 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217.Triton XXV Roman Provincial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 1 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.38 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. ΛVT KΛI ΛN TΩNINOC CЄ, laureate head of Caracalla right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, laureate head of Caracalla right, set on eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; altar to upper right. Prieur 1699 = BN Inv. 1965.1117 (same rev. die); Bellinger –; Bellinger, Dura-Europos –; Sofaer –; Triton XXII, lot 743 var. (obv. legend; same rev. die). Toned, porosity, some flan flaws. VF. Extremely rare obverse legend variety, only one cited by Prieur (example in the Bibliothèque Nationale), only this coin in CoinArchives. |