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LOT 2917
Caracalla AE 29mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. AD 198-217.
Dated RY 13 of Septimius Severus (204/5). AY KAI M AYPH ANTധNINOC, laureate head to right / MHTPO[...] around, KOI-NOC above, CЄOYHPIOC Φ[...]-ΛAΔЄΛΦIO[...] ЄT • ΙΓ (date) in three lines below, Mount Argaeus between two agonistic price crowns, each containing palm frond. Cf. RPC V.3 Online Unassigned ID 66752. Very Fine.(16.90gr, 29mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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