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| Gemini, LLC > Auction VI | Auction date: 10 January 2010 |
| Lot number: 718 | |
| Lot description: Domitian. 81-96 AD. AE 23-26, 15.70g. Samaria, Neapolis, Year 15 = 86/7 CE. Obv: AYTOK ΔOMETIANOΣ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ [ΓEP?] Head laureate right. Rx: Crossed cornucopias, inscription ΦΛAOYI / NEAΠ / ΣAM in three lines above, date L IE below, all in laurel wreath tied below. Unusual spelling of Domitian's name in the obverse legend, ΔOMETIANOΣ instead of ΔOMITIANOΣ. This type usually bears the date L IA = year 11 = 82/3 CE; our coin seems to be only the second example recorded that is dated instead to Year 15, and it is much finer than the previously unique Berlin specimen illustrated by RPC. RPC 2224 (Berlin only, ex Lobbecke). VF. Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. Another in the series of aniconic reverses suggested by Kushnir-Stein to relate to local Jewish administration. Estimate: US$200 |  |
