★ The High Priest Ajax ★
CILICIA. Olba. Ajax, High Priest (AD 10–15).
Diassarion (AE, 21 mm, 6.38 g), dated RY 2 (= AD 11/12).
[AI]ANTOΣ [TE]YKPOY Bust of Ajax, draped, right, wearing close-fitting cap; caduceus before his head / APX[IEPEΩΣ] / TOΠAPXO – KENNAT[ΩN] / ΛΑΛΑΣ / ET B (date) Thunderbolt.
RPC I 3728; SNG Paris 802–805.
Dark patina, some earthern deposits. Very fine.
A rare depiction of a High Priest on a coin.