Item Sold At Auction #15
Web Product ID: 3177
Estimate: $75.00
Final Sale Price: $89.10
Denomination: Drachm
Grade: VF toned
Reference: Metcalf pl. XXVIII, 2; Sydenham 389 var


  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (3.20 gm). Struck year
  2 (=194/5 AD). AV L CEP CEOVHPOC, laureate head right / MHTPOP KAICAPIA, ET R (sic
  [=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 389 var. (minor reverse legend variety). Toned VF, light porosity. Estimate
  $75.

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