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LOT 2977
Judaea, Legionary countermarks AE 22mm. Circa 81/2-132/5 CE.
Possibly Legio XII Fulminata issue. Flavian(?) bust to right; thunderbolt within rectangular countermark / Blank. For countermark: Howgego 475. Near Very Fine.(9.09gr, 22mm.).
Provenance
From a specialist collection of Judaean coins of a late gentleman collector.
Footnotes
The thunderbolt countermarks may have been applied for the Legio II Fulminata, but Howgego also suggests that they more likely relate to the cult of Zeus Hypsistos.
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LOT 2977
Judaea, Legionary countermarks AE 22mm.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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