Judaea. Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina. 215-217 CE. AVT

Judaea. Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Aelia Capitolina. 215-217 CE. AVT KAI ANTѠNINOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T Δ, eagle standing facing on vine branch with three bunches of grapes, head left, wings spread, holding wreath in beak; wine jar between legs. Meshorer, Aelia 91 = Sofaer 81 var. (legends); Prieur 1633 (this coin); Bellinger 351. 12.38g, 26mm, 12h.



Extremely Fine. Rare.



This coin published in M. Prieur, A Type Corpus of The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253 (Lancaster, 2000);

Ex Michel Prieur Collection;

Ex M&M Numismatics, Auction I, 7 December 1997, lot 276.