Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1954 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $120
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SOLD $90
PHOENICIA, Berytus, Nerva, (A.D.96-98), AE 24, (13.684 grams), issued posthumously by Trajan, obv. laureate head to right, around DIVOS NERVA AVGVSTVS, rev. colonist ploughing right with yoke of oxen, COL over IVL above, AVG FEL BER around, (S.950, BMC 81-3, Rouvier 515, Lindgren 2258). Good fine and rare.
This coin has the full title of the city Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Berytus, a title that first appears during the reign of Trajan.
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