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Roman Provincial: Cappadocia-Caesarea
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Roman Provincial, Tiberius, AR Drachm, 14-37, Cappadocia-Caesarea-Eusebia
TIBEPIOS KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ
Laureate head right
ΘEOY ΣEBA_ΣTOY YIOΣ
Mt. Argaeus surmounted by figure of Helios standing left, globe in right hand, scepter in left
17mm x 18mm, 3.62g
Sydenham, Caesarea 42; RPC I, 3620
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Titus, AE24, 79-81, Judea Capta series, Cappadocia-Caesarea (?)
A_VTOKP TITO_S KAISAP
Laureate head right
IOVDAIAC EALwKVIAC
Trophy between bound and mourning Judea at left and shield at right
23mm x 24mm, 11.50g
Sear GIC, 784
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Domitian, AR Drachm, 69-81, Cappadocia-Caesarea, Roman Style
KAI DOMITIANOC CEBACTOUUIOC
Laureate head right
OMONIA-CEBACTH
Homonia seated left, feet on stool, patera in right hand, scepter in left
17mm x 18mm, 2.61g
RPC 1639
Note: The reverse legend translates to Concordia Augusti. This specimen is in the Roman style versus the local Cappadocian style. Both occur in
this issue. Many thanks to Curtis Clay for his assistance in attributing this coin.
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Trajan, AR Tridrachm, 98-99, Cappadocia-Caesarea (?)
AUTOKR KAIC NER
TRAIANOC CEB GERM
Laureate head of Trajan right
DHMARX
EX-UPAT B
Bust of bearded deity (Zeus?) right, wearing tall segmented headdress and elaborate robe, thunderbolt in
left hand, mappa or short scepter
in right
24mm x 26mm, 10.63g
BMC Cappadocia p. 52, 46 and pl. IX, 8 (same reverse die); Sydenham (The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia) 173; cf. Metcalf (The Silver
Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus) p. 148; cf. Walker (The Metrology of the Roman Silver Coinage, part 2), p. 99
Authenticated and graded by David Sear as an attractive VF, rare and interesting (December 6, 2005)
Sear notes from CoA: "This remarkable silver tridrachm type belonging to the opening phase of Trajan's reign has been the subject of
considerable scholarly debate. Traditionally, it was assigned to Caesarea in Cappadocia (BMC and Sydenham) but in 1977 D. R. Walker
reattributed it to an unidentified mint in Provincia Asia on the basis of its absence from any of the finds of Caesarean coinage. This
reassignment was accepted by Metcalf in his 1996 publication on the silver coinage of Cappadocia from which the type was excluded. However,
the reverse design has a distinctly oriental flavor and a further reattribution may be necessary at some future date."
Update from Richard McAlee on April 2, 2008: This type
has now been reattributed to Syria-Phoenicia as far as area of
circulation, but it was actually minted in Rome for use in
Syria-Phoenicia. See the chapter on Trajan's coins in my new book,
"The Coins of Roman Antioch". Your example is from the
same obverse die as the coin in my collection (the first of several
illustrated in my book).
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Trajan, AR Tridrachm, 112-117 (sixth consulship), Cappadocia-Caesarea (Sear),
Arabia Petraea-Bostra (SNG ANS)
AUTOKR KAIC NER
TRAIANOC CEB GERM DAK
Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder
ΔHMAPX EΞ YPATO ς
Distyle temple containing simulacrum of Pergean Artemis (Diana), eagle in pediment
22mm x 25mm, 11.20g
Sear GIC 1067; SNG ANS 1160
Traditionally, this issue has been attributed to Cappadocia-Caesarea, but
recent scholarship instead suggests Arabia Petraea-Bostra.
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Trajan, AR Tridrachm, 112-117 (sixth consulship), Cappadocia-Caesarea (Sear),
Arabia Petraea-Bostra (SNG ANS)
AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANO_C CEB ΓEPM ΔAK
Laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind
ΔHMAPX EΞ YPATO ς
Legionary eagle right, between standard surmounted by hand on left and
standard surmounted by wreath on right
24mm, 10.39g
SNG ANS 1162
Traditionally, this issue has been attributed to Cappadocia-Caesarea, but
recent scholarship instead suggests Arabia Petraea-Bostra.
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Trajan, AR Didrachm, 112-117 (sixth consulship), Cappadocia-Caesarea
AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ΔAK globe
Laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind
ΔHMAPX EΞ YPATO ς
Mount Argeus with U-shaped crater
21mm x 22mm, 6.75g
Sydenham 210 variant
The globe on the obverse is a seldom seen attribute on silver coins of
Trajan.
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Hadrian, AR Hemidrachm, 120/1, Cappadocia-Caesarea
AYTO KAIC TPAI ADPIANOC C[EBACT]
Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder
ET | D (year 4) across fields
Agalma of Mt. Argaeus surmounted by figure of Helios, globe in right hand, scepter in left
13mm x 15mm, 1.33g
Metcalf 84; Sydenham 258.1
Ex Nilus Coins, CICF show, 2003; Ex Classical Numismatic Group Auction XXIX, March 30, 1994, lot 976
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Hadrian, AR Hemidrachm, 117-139,Cappadocia-Caesarea
AUTO KAIC
TRAI ADRIANOC
CEBACT
Laureate head right, drapery on left shoulder
(No legend)
Victory advancing right, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left over
shoulder
14mm x 15mm, 1.32g
Metcalf 86b; Sydenham 260
Note: A bit unusual as one normally finds the Cappadocian hemidrachmae of
Hadrian with a regnal date on the reverse, where this specimen seems to be
lacking any reverse inscription.
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Lucius Verus, 20mm, 163/164, Cappadocia-Caesarea
Bare head right, XI countermark on cheek
Mount Argaeus, star on summit, countermark in center
ET C in exergue (denoting regnal year 3)
20mm x 21mm, 8.47g
Howgego 740ii for obverse countermark, which should read XV for Legion XV Apollinaris. Reverse countermark unidentified.
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Septimius Severus, AR Drachm, 194/5, Year 2, Cappadocia-Caesarea
AU K CEP-CEQUHROC
Laureate head right
MHTROP-KAICARIA (MH
ligate)
Agalma of Mt. Argaeus, w in center, rosette in
archway, surmounted by star
ET B in exergue
16mm x 17mm, 2.24g
Sydenham 388
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Roman Provincial, Septimius Severus, AR Drachm, 208/209, Year 15, Cappadocia-Caesarea
AY KAI Λ CEP-CEΘYHPOC
Laureate head right, drapery on left shoulder
MHTPO KAICAP NEΩ
Agalma of Mt. Argaeus, surmounted by star, ω / rosette in
center
ET IE in exergue
17mm, 2.99g
SNG von Aulock 6467
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Julia Domna, AR Drachm, 197/8, Cappadocia-Caesarea
IOULIA-DOMNA CE
Draped bust right, hair weaved in rows and tucked at back of head in
weaved bun pattern
MHTROPOLE-KAICARIA
(MH is ligate)
Aphrodite standing right, apple in left hand, drawing robe over right
shoulder with right hand
ET | E across fields
18mm, 2.59g
Sear GIC, 2446; Sydenham 440
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Caracalla, AR Tridrachm, 210/211, Year 18, Cappadocia-Caesarea-Eusebia
AY KAI M AYPHΛI-ANTΩNINOC AYΓ
Laureate head right
MHTPO KAICAPIAC NEΩKO
Radiate, nude to waist, male figure seated left on Mt. Argaeus, branch upward in right hand
ET IH in exrgue
24mm x 26mm, 7.30g
Sydenham, Caesarea Supplement 476e
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Severus Alexander, AE27, 226/227 (regnal year 5), Cappadocia-Caesarea
AY K CEOY-ALEXANDPO
Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, bust countermark at right
MHTPOP-KAICAPIA
Mount Argaeus on altar
ET E in exergue (denoting the regnal year)
26mm x 28mm, 11.09g
Sear GIC, 3366v
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Roman Provincial, Gordian III, AR Drachm, 241/242, Year 4, Cappadocia-Caesarea
AY K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC
Laureate head right
MHTPO KAICA B N C
Agalma of Mt. Argaeus, rosette in archway, pellet in upper right field
ET Δ in exergue
17mm x 19mm, 3.13g
Sydenham Caesarea 601
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