Details
LOT 3274
Judaea, Caesareia Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Turretted head of Tyche(?) to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” Atiqot I (1955), 22-23. Near Very Fine.(0.78gr, 13mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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