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Numismatic Auction 53  5 April 2016
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Lot 96

Estimate: 200 USD
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Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemaïs. Nero. A.D. 54-68. AE 26 (26.1 mm, 12.36 g, 11 h). Scarce. NER CAES AVG COS IIII IMP XIIII P P, laureate head left, lituus to left / DIVOS CLAVD GER FELIX around, PTOL upside down in exergue, C-O-L-C-C ST across field, Divus Claudius as founder plowing right with ox and cow; four vexilla behind. RPC 4749; Kadman 95; Rosenberger 46. Fine, black patina with green highlights.

Commemorating Claudius' settlement of army veterans and establishment of a Roman colony at Ptolemais between A.D. 50/51.
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