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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #15
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                 Web Product ID: 3256
                 Estimate: $75.00
                 Final Sale Price: $68.20
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                 Denomination: Didrachm
                 Grade: VF toned
                 Reference: Metcalf 155i, and pl. 47, 847; Sydenham 372b




  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Commodus. 180-192 AD. AR Didrachm (4.30 gm). Cos IV, struck
  183-185 AD. AYT M AYP K-OMO ANTWNI, laureate head right / YPATOC D PAT PAT-RI, agalma
  of Mt. Argaeus surmounted by eight-pointed star. Metcalf 155i, and pl. 47, 847 (same
  obverse die [Obv. 32]); Sydenham 372b. Toned VF. Estimate $75.

  Ex Superior Galleries Mail Bid Sale (12 August 1994), lot 2487.



  Under Commodus the weight of the didrachm was drastically reduced and eventually fell
  into disuse. Having previously been the only regular silver unit in the currency
  system of Caesarea, it's position was replaced by that of the drachm under the
  Severans. Also at this time there was a corresponding increase in the output of
  bronze coinage.


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