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Numismatic Auction 35  23 June 2015
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Lot 170

Estimate: 75 USD
Price realized: 131 USD
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Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemaïs. Municipal issue. 1st century A.D. Æ (19 mm, 6.31 g, 12 h). Dated year 9 (=99, under Claudius, A.D. 52/3). Turreted head of Tyche right, palm branch at shoulder / [ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΕΩΝ] ΤΩΝ [ΕΝ ΠΤΟ]ΛΕΜ[Α]-ΙΔΙ, Zeus standing left, holding wreath and spear (or scepter); in upper left field, date (L Θ). Seyrig 14; Kadman 84; Rosenberger 42 corr. (legend); Rouvier 989; RPC -. aVF, sandy-green patina.

From the Kenneth Miller Collection of Ake-Ptolemaïs and Related Biblical Coins.

Inexplicably, RPC does not cover the municipal issues of Ake-Ptolemaïs struck during the reign of Claudius!
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