ANTIOCH CIVIC COINAGE, "STAR OF BETHLEHEM" AE, 13/14 C.E.
RPC 4269, McAlee 99, Very Fine, contrast added, 21.5mm, 7.14 grams, Seleucis and Pieria mint
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus to right
Reverse: Ram running right, looking back, star above to left, dated year 44 = 13/14 C.E. below
Historical coin, struck on a large flan and considered by Dr. Michael Molnar as astrological evidence, depicting the star of Bethlehem!
