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LOT 3271
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Turretted head of Tyche to right; three pellets before / Palm tree; three pellets(?) to left. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” ‘Atiqot I (1955), 17-19 (different marks on obverse). Near Very Fine.(0.60gr, 10mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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