Minted around AD 133. Acquired by Colonel Francois Maurice Allote de La Fuÿe (1844–1939).[1] Purchased at auction in 1925.[2] Acquired by a single private collection, perhaps in Switzerland.[3] Sold at auction in 2004.[4] Purchased at auction in 2016 by Dr. Patrick Tan Collection;[5] Purchased at auction in 2018 by ArtAncient, New York;[6] Purchased in 2018 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] Colonel Francois Maurice Allote de La Fu was a French military officer, archaeologist, and numismatist. [2] Florange and Ciani, February 17, 1925, lot 1105. [3] The 2004 Morton & Eden sale offered dozens of Jewish coins from the Allotte collection, indicating their presence in London on a non-EU temporary import license. Other coins from the francophone Allotte sale eventually surfaced in Swiss auction houses. [4] Morton & Eden 10, November 23, 2006, lot 646. [5] CNG Triton XIX, January 5, 2016, lot 310. [6] The NewYork Sale Group (Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals, M&M Numismatics Ltd., Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, and Sovereign Rarities, Ltd.) The New York Sale XLII, Ancient Coins featuring The Dionysus Collection of Greek Coins and other important properties, January 9, 2018, lot 285.
Selected References:
Giard Lair-Dubreuil, Jules Florance, and Louis Ciani, Monnaies grecques provenant des collections du colonel Allotte de la Fuÿe: première vente à l'Hôtel Drouot 192: Lot 1105 73, plate 20.
L. Mildenberg, The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War (Typos 6, Aarau, 1984), 21.1 O4/R14.