Item Sold At Auction #15
Web Product ID: 3211
Estimate: $75.00
Final Sale Price: $89.10
Denomination: Drachm
Grade: VF
Reference: Metcalf pl. XXVIII, 2; Sydenham 387a


  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (3.53 gm). Struck year
  2 (=194/5 AD). AV L CEP CEOVHPOC, laureate head right / MHTPO KAICAP, ET B 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), pl. XXVIII, 2; Sydenham
  387a. VF. Estimate $75.

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