Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 108 16 May 2018
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JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Vespasian. Circa 50-100 CE. Æ Medallion (34mm, 24.97 g, 12h). Caesarea Panias mint. Dated year 27 of Agrippa's first era (75/6 CE). Laureate head of Vespasian right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder set on globe in right hand, cornucopia in left; ETO[VC K]Z (date) in legend. Meshorer 167a = Sofaer 236 = RPC II 2282.1 var. (star in rev. field); Hendin 1287 var. (same). VF, dark green-brown patina, some roughness and pitting. Bold portrait. An extremely rare variant.
Ex Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 489 (hammer £2,600).
A smaller module issue without the star, but with a laureate and draped bust on obverse, was also struck (Meshorer 167b; Hendin 1287a). See CNG 96, lot 671, for another example of this rare variant, incorrectly identified as Samel 196 (a smaller module example).
Ex Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 489 (hammer £2,600).
A smaller module issue without the star, but with a laureate and draped bust on obverse, was also struck (Meshorer 167b; Hendin 1287a). See CNG 96, lot 671, for another example of this rare variant, incorrectly identified as Samel 196 (a smaller module example).