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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Nero, naming Vespasian as governor of Syria. 54-68 AD. AE 24, 14.96g. (12h). Sepphoris, Galilea, Year 14=67/68 AD. Obv: Caduceus between two crossed cornucopias, legend names Sepphoris Irenopolis (City of Peace) and Neronias and begins "Under Vespasian", [EΠI OY]ECΠACIANOY. Rx: L ΔI / NEPΩNO / KΛAYΔIOY / KAICAPO / C in five lines within wreath. RPC 4849 (14 spec.). VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Zuzim Judaea.
Cf. Hendin, 4th ed., p. 407: "The earliest coins of Sepphoris were issued in 68 C.E. by Agrippa II, naming Vespasian under the emperor Nero. These coins establish that Vespasian was a governor as well as a general before he took the throne". See also lot 790 above.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Zuzim Judaea.
Cf. Hendin, 4th ed., p. 407: "The earliest coins of Sepphoris were issued in 68 C.E. by Agrippa II, naming Vespasian under the emperor Nero. These coins establish that Vespasian was a governor as well as a general before he took the throne". See also lot 790 above.