★ An extremely rare imperatorial tessera ★

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Apamea. Tessera (Lead, 21 mm, 5.72 g, 12 h), CY 24 = 43/2 BC. Bare imperatorial head (Gaius Cassius Longinus?) to right. Rev. [AΠAMEΩN / THΣ IEPAΣ - KAI AΣYΛOY] Elephant walking right; in field to right, [ΔΚ]. Leu Web Auction 12 (2020), 959. Of the highest rarity, apparently the second known example. Fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.

For a longer note on this very interesting issue, see the note in Leu E-Auction 12, 30 May 2020, 959.