Details
LOT 3127
Judaea. Procurators, Porcius Festus AE Prutah. Dated RY 5 of Nero (58/59 CE).
Jerusalem mint. Struck in the name of Nero. NЄPധNOC in three lines within wreath / L Є KAIC-APOC, palm branch. RPC I 4972; TJC 345; Hendin GBC 6, 6380; Hendin GBC 5, 1351. Good Very Fine.(1.64gr, 16mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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