Details
LOT 3434
Hadrian AE 18mm of Gaza, Judaea. Dually dated CY 195 and Epidemia 7 (AD 135/6).
[Α ΚΑ ΤΡ Α]ΔΡ[ΙΑΝΟϹ], laureate head to right / Hercules standing facing, head to right, holding club and lion's skin; ΓΑΖ[Α] Ζ (Epidemia date) ΕΠΙ ΕЧ[Ρ] (CY date) around. RPC III, 4043; Sofaer 77. Near Very Fine.(5.26gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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