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| Gemini, LLC > Auction VI | Auction date: 10 January 2010 |
| Lot number: 685 | |
| Lot description: Ascalon, Judaea. AE 11, 2.46g. Ascalon, Judaea, 1st century BC. Obv: Bearded male head right (Herakles?). Rx: Crossed cornucopias, ear of grain between them, below A - Σ. Not listed in BM, Rosenberger, Meshorer, or Yashin. VF. Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. RPC 4876 and other references list a similar coin type, but with a beardless male bust, generally thought to be Augustus. Our type, unlisted in major references, appears to show a different personage, perhaps Herakcles. Estimate: US$250 |  |
