JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Agrippa I. 37-43 CE. Æ (21.5mm, 6.92 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (42/3 CE). [BA]ⳞIΛEYⳞ MEΓAⳞ AΓPIΠΠAⳞ [ΦIΛOKAI], diademed and draped bust right / KAIⳞAPAI H ΠPOⳞ TΩ ⳞEBAⳞTΩ ΛIMENI, Tyche standing left, holding rudder in right hand and palm frond in left; L Z (date) to right. Meshorer 122; Hendin 6276; RPC I 4985; Sofaer 165. Earthen brown surfaces, light cleaning marks, metal flaw on reverse. Near VF. Very rare, one of the finest known. From the J. K. Biblical Collection, purchased from J.P. Fontanille, January 2013. Ex Archaeological Center 14 (18 April 1995), lot 15.
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