Biblical Coins

Sale 82    25–27 Jul 2006   Dallas Brooks Centre   Melbourne

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Lot 3992    Session 13 (2.30pm Thursday)    Biblical Coins

Estimate $60
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $40

PALESTINE, Roman Procurator of Judaea, Porcius Festus under Nero, (A.D. 59-62), copper prutah, (2.500 grams), obv. in wreath tied with X at bottom in three lines, NEP/ WNO/C, (Nero), rev. palm branch, around LE KA[ICAP]OC (Caesar year 5), L E = year 5 = A.D. 58), (S.5627, H.653 [118], AJC II Supplement V, No.35, Meshorer 234). Weak in places, otherwise very fine with a very clear date reading.

Ex Harry Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior Galleries (USA) auctions December 8, 1993 (lot 456 part) and Noble Numismatics Sale 74 (lot 4643).

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