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JUDEAN CITY COINAGE
320
Judaea, Askalon. Æ (2.01 g), 2nd century BC. Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right. Rev. A
S
,
prow of galley left. Rosenberger 49; HGC 10, 527. Dark green patina. Choice Very Fine.
$400
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.
321
M. Licinius Crassus. Æ (8.09 g), Proconsul, 54-53 BC. Nysa-Scythopolis CY 10 (54 BC). Head of the pro-
consul Crassus right. Rev. [
G
AB NY] in two lines in left field, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding
kantharos and thyrsus; in left field, date ([L I]); in exergue, [
L
]. Cf. Barkay 5; cf. Rosenberger 3; cf. RPC
4827 cf. Meshorer City-Coins of Eretz-Israel 103. Apparently unpublished.
Extremely Rare.
About Fine.
$500
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.
This interesting coin was struck shortly before Crassus’ fateful campaign against the Parthians where he was killed, los-
ing nearly the entirety of the Roman forces he had taken with him. RPC identifies the portrait of Crassus’ predecessor, Ga-
binius, but Barkay argues for Crassus based on the dissimilarity of the portrait on this coin to that on the coins of Gabinius.
322
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ (2.92 g), 1st century AD. Antiochia ad Hippum in Decapolis. Turreted,
veiled and draped bust o Tyche right. Rev. I
PP
A…, palm branch. RPC -; RPC Suppl. -; AJC II, Agrippa
II, 51 (same dies).
Rare.
Brown patina. Very Fine.
$500