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LOT 3390
Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Kantharos with scroll handles; [L Δ (date) across lower field] / Grape leaf on branch with tendrils. Cf. RPC I, 4962; cf. Meshorer 325; cf. Hendin 6366. Good Fine.(1.92, 16mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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