Item Sold At Auction #15
Web Product ID: 3243
Estimate: $60.00
Final Sale Price: $40.70
Denomination: Drachm
Grade: VF
Reference: Metcalf p. 177; Sydenham 475 var


  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Drachm (2.61 gm). Struck year 15
  (=207/8 AD). AY KAI M AYPHLI ANTWNINOC CEBA, laureate head right / MHTPO KAICAP NEW,
  ET IE in exergue, agalma of Mt. Argaeus surmounted by six-pointed star. W.E. Metcalf,
  "Notes on the Coinage of Severan Caesarea," Nomismata 1, Internationales Kolloquium
  zur kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung Kleinasiens (27-30 April 1994), p. 177; Sydenham 475
  var. (minor epigraphical variation). VF, light porosity. Estimate $60.

  Ex Superior Galleries (12 August 1994), lot 2530.

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