Item Sold At Auction #15
Web Product ID: 3242
Estimate: $200.00
Final Sale Price: $181.50
Denomination: Tridrachm
Grade: VF
Reference: Metcalf--; Sydenham 476e; Mabbott 2364


  Cappadocia, Caesarea. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. AR Tridrachm (9.70 gm). Struck year 18
  (=210/7 AD). AY KAI M AYPHLI ANTWNINOC AYG, laureate head right / MHTPO KAICAP NEWKO,
  ET IH in exergue, Helios seated left on agalma Mt. Argaeus, left elbow resting on
  globe, holding branch. W.E. Metcalf, "Notes on the Coinage of Severan Caesarea,"
  Nomismata 1, Internationales Kolloquium zur kaiserzeitlichen Münzprägung Kleinasiens
  (27-30 April 1994)--; Sydenham 476e; Mabbott 2364. VF, light porosity. Rare type.
  Estimate $200.

  Ex Classical Numismatic Group Auction 49 (17 March 1999), lot 1011.

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