Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Pseudo Autonomous Æ18 / Star of Bethlehem depicted

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Price: US$ 15.00	€ 12.84
	£ 11.17
	AUD 23.11
	CHF 11.89
	CAD 21.05

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Rates for: 10/18/2025
SKU: 66721

Description

Title: Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Pseudo Autonomous Æ18 / Star of Bethlehem depicted
Attribution: RPC I 4290
Date: mid-late 1st Century AD
Obverse: Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right
Reverse: Aries the ram leaping right, head reverted, star within crescent above
Size: 18.51mm
Weight: 5.66 grams
Description: Fine+, weird tooling and smoothing, choice ruddy patina. The type depicting the star of Bethlehem that heralded the birth of Jesus Christ. Michael Molnar wrote a book on these coins and is the leading authority on this series. For more information you can click here Zach Beasley's site based on Michael Molnar and T.B. Cartwright's research.

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