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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #37
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                Lot Number: 64159
                Estimate: $300.00
                Final Sale Price: $320.10
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                Denomination: Drachm
                Grade: VF nice
                Reference: Sydenham (Cappadocia)176/177; Metcalf pg. 155 note




  Kyrenaika, Kyrene. Trajan. 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (3.25 gm). AYT KAIS NEP TPAIAN SEB
  GERM, laureate head right / DHMAPX EX UPAT G, head of Zeus-Ammon right. Sydenham
  (Cappadocia)176/177; Metcalf pg. 155 note. Nice VF. Rare. Estimate $300.



  Metcalf, in The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus, pg.155, indicates
  that due to recent hoard evidence this issue can no longer be attributed to Caesarea
  in Cappadocia and postulates its mint attribution should be to Kyrene.





Online auction 37 closed September 10, 2001.



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