JUDAEA, Marisa. Aulus Gabinius. Proconsul, 57-54 BCE. Æ (20mm, 4.51 g, 1h). Dated CY 3 (57/6 BCE). Helmeted head right / Serpent-entwined palm frond; to left, LΓ (date) above ΓA; M/A to right. Qedar, Coins, C-1 = Gitler & Kushnir-Stein 6 (same dies); Meshorer, City-Coins –; Hendin (4th edition) 874a; DCA 584; NAC 84, lot 809 (same dies); CNG 97, lot 550 (same dies). Earthen green patina. Good VF. A superb example of a very rare type.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.