Catalog 334
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The Samel Collection of Jewish Coins and Medals

Lot 2350

Lot 2350

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Estimated price 100 €
Result 120 €

This lot is not available for purchase anymore.

Æ-20 mm, 71-73?, Caesarea Maritima; 6,33 g.

AYTOKP TIT-OC KAICAP around laureate head of Titus to r.; on the head, rectangular countermark: head r. (?)//IOYΔΑΙΑΣ ΕΑ-ΛWΚΥΙΑΣ around a winged Victory standing to r., l. foot on helmet, writing AYT T KAIC on a shield hanging down from a palm tree; in the field, rectangular countermark: galley. Hendin no. 1446; Meshorer, Treasury 265 no. 381b; RPC II no. 2311; Countermarks: Howgego 135 (?) and 409.

Rare countermarks. Fine, the countermark on the reverse good very fine

Overbeck – Meshorer no. 276.

A worn coin which was kept in circulation by two countermarks, the one on the reverse depicting a galley, the emblem of the Legio X Fretensis.