Item Sold At Auction #15
Web Product ID: 3173
Estimate: $75.00
Final Sale Price: $46.20
Denomination: Drachm
Grade: Good Fine
Reference: Metcalf pl. XXVIII, 2 (different date); Sydenham 395a


  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. AR Drachm (2.34 gm). Struck year
  5 (=197/8 AD). AV L CEP CEOVHPOC, laureate head right / MHTPOPO KAICAPIA[C], [E]T E
  in exergue, agalma of Mt. Argaeus surmounted by six-pointed star. Cf. 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
  (different date); Sydenham 395a. Good Fine, porous. Estimate $75.

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