Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The clips with wide gold surrounds with fluted accents to top and bottom, completed with Omega clip findings, stamped 14KT. The coins are a Republican denarius of circa 88 B.C. and an Imperial denarius of the emperor Tiberius, 14-37 A.D. This Tiberius issue is often credited as being the "Tribute Penny" of the New Testament.
1 1/8 in.
17.2 dwt.
From the Collection of Esther B. Ferguson, Secessionville Manor, Charleston, SC
Good estate condition.