JUDAEA, Sepphoris (Diocaesarea). temp. Agrippa II. Circa 50-100 CE. Æ (23mm, 11.95 g, 12h). In the names of Roman emperor Nero, and Vespasian, as procurator. Sepphoris mint. Dated RY 14 of Nero (67/8 CE). EΠI OYECΠA[CIANΟΥ EΙΡΗΝΟΠΟ]ΛΙ ΝEΡΩΝΙΑCEΠΦ, crossed cornucopias over caduceus / LΔI/NEPΩN/KΛAYΔIOY/KAICAPO/C in five lines within laurel wreath. NLJ 225 = RPC I 4849.18 = Shoshana I 20155 (this coin); Meshorer 127; Hendin 6308; Sofaer –. Green-brown patina, light earthen deposits. Near EF. Exceptional for issue.
From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Shoshana Collection (Part I, Heritage 3003, 8 March 2012), lot 20155; NLJ Collection.