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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #36
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                Lot Number: 63977
                Estimate: $150.00
                Final Sale Price: $291.50
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                Denomination: Tridrachm
                Grade: VF lightly toned
                Reference: Metcalf 141a var. (eagle on club); Sydenham 363 var




  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Commodus as Caesar. Circa 175-176 AD. AR Tridrachm (10.15 gm).
  Bare-headed, draped bust right / Eagle standing facing, head left, perched on altar.
  Metcalf 141a var. (eagle on club); Sydenham 363 var. (same). VF, lightly toned.
  Estimate $150.



  An unusual type, this coin lacks the ethnic for Caesarea and a date, the reverse only
  bearing Commodus' titles of Germanicus and Sarmaticus.





Online auction 36 closed August 27, 2001.



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