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Greek: Cappadocia-Eusebeia
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Cappadocia-Eusebeia, Anonymous Issue, AE15, Late 1st Century BC
(No legend)
Turreted head of Tyche right
EYΣE | BEIA
Σ
Vertical palm branch
Staurogram in left field
15mm, 2.44g
Sear GCV II, 5704
Ex Midwest "Coins of Christianity"
Collection
Consignor notes and comments:
Eusebeia (formerly Mazaca, the important town at the foot of Mount Argaios
which was the capital of the Cappadocian Kingdom) was renamed Caesarea
around 9 BC in honor of Augustus. Eusebeia means "right with
God" or "Godliness". This city was on the main commerce
route between the Aegean Sea and Mesopotamia and later hosted several
Church Councils. It is mentioned in Acts 10 with the conversion of a Roman
Centurion.
This entire region was populated with many of the Diaspora - both Jew and
Samaritan. This is another coin with the staurogram that, coincidentally,
was minted in an area with Samaritan influence.
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