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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2212742, member: 42773&quot;]I snagged two crusty Levantine Provincials at CNG today, adding two more mints to my collection. The first is Hadrian of Tiberias. Tiberias is on the western shore of the Sea of Gallilee, founded around AD 20 by Herod Antipas, named after Roman emperor Tiberius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]432436[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a very fine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias" rel="nofollow">article on this city at wiki</a>. This coin isn&#039;t rare, but I haven&#039;t seen too many in much better shape. Actually, mine has a much crisper reverse than most, and cost me 1/3 as much as current retail offerings. Sometimes it works just to sit on the opening bid and hope everybody else is distracted by other stuff - not often, but sometimes. As you can see, I dressed up CNG&#039;s typically desaturated image (not a criticism - I understand their need to be conservative)...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]432437[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><b>JUDAEA, Tiberias. <i>Hadrian. </i></b>AD 117-138. Æ (22mm, 9.18 g, 12h). Dated CY 101 (AD 119/20). Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Female figure (Fortuna?) standing left, with foot on prow, holding bust and scepter; L-AP (date) across field. Kindler, <i>Tiberias</i> 11; Rosenberger 13; SNG ANS 1114. VF, green patina.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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