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| Gemini, LLC > Auction VI | Auction date: 10 January 2010 |
| Lot number: 715 | |
| Lot description: Domitian. 81-96 AD. AE 24-26, 15.57g. Samaria, Neapolis, Year 11 = 82/3 AD. Obv: AYTO[KPATΩP ΔOMITIANO]Σ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ Head laureate right. Rx: ΦΛAOYI / NEAΠOΛI / ΣAMAPE / L AI in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC 2218 (16 specimens). Rosenberger 1. BM 1-3. SNG ANS 961. Hendin 877. Much finer than the BM specimen illustrated in RPC.Attractive dark green patina with light green highlighting. Good VF. Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. Ex Triton VI, 14-15 January 2003, lot 578 (part). Noteworthy as one of the early city coins of predominantly Jewish and Samaritan cities with the imperial portrait on the obverse, but a reverse type that would not offend local religious sensitivities. See A. Kushnir-Stein, "Reflection of Religious Sensitivities on Palestinian City Coinage", Israel Numismatic Research 3, 2008, pp. 125-136. Estimate: US$300 |  |
