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LOT 3178
Hadrian AR Hemidrachm of Caesarea-Eusebeia, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СЄΒΑСΤ, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Club downward; ЄT Δ (date) across fields. RPC III 3072; Metcalf, Conspectus 85; Sydenham, Caesarea 257; SNG Copenhagen 223. Near Very Fine.(1.28gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025.
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