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Lot
# 309 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$300
/ Price Realized: US$200
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Agrippa II for Titus as Caesar. AE 23-24.5
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Agrippa II for Titus as Caesar. 49/50-94/95 CE. AE 23-24.5, 11.76gg. (12h). Caesarea Paneas, Year 26 = 74/5 CE. Obv: AVTOKP TITOC - KAICAP CEB[AC] Laureate head of Titus right. Rx: ÅÔÏ - ÊS ÂÁ / ÁÃÑÉ - ÐÐÁ in two lines across field, Nike-Victory advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch over shoulder in left, crescent in field before her face. Hendin 1284b. Sofaer 229, p. 167, pl. 216 (same obv. die as ours). Not in RPC, cf. 2277 (star not crescent in rev. field). VF.
Rare with crescent in reverse field. RPC omits this variant, and the Sofaer example is no better than ours, indeed ours has a considerably clearer obverse legend.
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