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Details
LOT 2969
Judaea, Herodians. Herod III Antipas AE Unit. 4 BCE-39 CE.
Tiberias mint. Struck for Roman Emperor Gaius (Caligula); dated RY 43 (39/40 CE). HPധΔHC [TETPAPXHC], palm tree with two date clusters; ETO-[Y]C MΓ (date) flanking / ΓAIΩ KAICAP ΓEPMANIKΩ in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 4934; Meshorer 91; Hendin 6246. Good Very Fine. Black patina with brown highlights.(12.78gr, 23mm, 12h).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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