Judaea, Diospolis (Lod or Lydda), Caracalla, struck year 9 = 207/8 AD, AE 21
AKMAV ANTΩN,
radiate draped bust of Caracalla/
ACC ΔIOC...[ΠOΛIC?], Zeus Heliopolites standing facing,
between 2 bulls, holding whip and ears of grain, Θ (year 9)
SNG ANS ---, Meshorer 7, Rosenberger II, 8,
Farhi (2008), Diospolis (Lod), 8 (same dies),
Sofaer 7 (same dies), Very Rare (R2)
Posted April 2016
Note #1: All known examples of this issue were struck with the same pair of dies.
Note #2: The dealer mis-attributed this coin as Judaea, Nicopolis-Emmaus, Elagabalus.
Holy Land (Judaea?), Sepphoris (as Diokaisareia), Elagabalus, AE 10.06g
AYT KPA...,
laureate (or radiate?) military(?) bust of Elagabalus/
ΔIOKAI IEP ACY, tetrastyle Temple of Zeus, statue of god
(Zeus?) enthroned, holding sceptre and patera (or statue?)
BMC 4, 27, Rare (R1)
Posted April 2016
