JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.18 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 566
Lot: 459.
Closing Date: Jul 17 2024 10:00 ET

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Estimate: $ 200

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JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 12.18 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak, on garlanded altar; K to right. Prieur 1307 var. (bust type; Byblus in Phoenicia). Toned, porosity, flan flaw on bust. Good VF. Prieur knew of only four examples with this reverse type. Possibly unpublished with drapery and cuirass.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99 (13 May 2015), lot 490.

Dr. Kropp has reattributed this series, by die study, from Byblus to Neapolis in Judaea (see Dr. Andreas Kropp, “A Roman altar on Mt. Gerizim: Rediscovering a civic icon on tetradrachms of Neapolis (Samaria)” in JRA 34 [2021]. pp. 220-36).

Closing Date and Time: 17 July 2024 at 12:32:40 ET.

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