JUDAEA, Neapolis. Caracalla. 198-217 CE. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.38 g, 12h). Struck 215-217 CE. ΛVT KΛI ΛN TΩNINOC CЄ, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, laureate head of Caracalla right, set on eagle standing facing, head left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; altar to upper right. Prieur 1699 = BN Inv. 1965.1117 (same rev. die); Bellinger –; Bellinger, Dura-Europos –; Sofaer –; Triton XXII, lot 743 var. (obv. legend; same rev. die). Toned, porosity, some flan flaws. VF. Extremely rare obverse legend variety, only one cited by Prieur (in the Bibliothèque Nationale).
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