307, Lot: 250. Estimate $100. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JUDAEA, Sepphoris (Diocaesarea). Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ (28mm, 16.43 g, 12h). TPAIANOΣ AVTO-KPATΩP EΔΩKEN, laureate head right / ΣEΠΦΩ/PHNΩN in two lines within wreath. Meshorer,
City Coins 87; Rosenberger 3; SNG ANS 1086-7. VF, green surfaces, earthen deposits.
Trajan’s issues from Sepphoris all feature this remarkable obverse legend, which indicates that the emperor “gave” or “permitted” the coinage.