Item Sold At Auction #15
Web Product ID: 3241
Estimate: $100.00
Final Sale Price: $66.00
Denomination: Drachm
Grade: VF lightly toned
Reference: Metcalf--; SNG von Aulock 6483; Sydenham 470a var


  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Drachm (3.08 gm). Struck year 5
  (=197/8 AD). M AYPH ANTW[N KAI], bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right /
  MHTPOP [KAICAPI]A, ET E in exergue, agalma of Mt. Argaeus surmounted by six-pointed
  star; to left, crescent. W.E. Metcalf, "Notes on the Coinage of Severan Caesarea,"
  Nomismata 1, Internationales Kolloquium zur kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung Kleinasiens
  (27-30 April 1994)--; SNG von Aulock 6483; Sydenham 470a var. (minor legend
  variation). Lightly toned VF. Estimate $100.

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