Lot 10-064. Cappadocia, Caesarea. Vespasian. A.D. 69-79. AR didrachm. RY 9 = A.D. 76/7. Scarce.

Cappadocia, Caesarea. Vespasian. A.D. 69-79. AR didrachm (21.3 mm, 6.63 g, 12 h). RY 9 = A.D. 76/7. Scarce. AVTOKPA KAICAP OVЄCΠACIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right / ΔOMЄTIANOC KAICAP CЄBA YIO ЄT Θ, Domitian, togate, standing left, holding olive branch. RPC 1651 var; Metcalf 6d var; Sydenham 112 var. gVF. 

This reverse legend, with CЄBA, instead of CЄB, is not listed in the standard references. Both Metcalf and Sydenham record the obverse legend variation ΔOMЄTIANOC instead of ΔOMITIANOC, but oddly, RPC II does not.

 

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$  150.00

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$ 160.00 (8 bid(s))
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Bidding closed (Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 12:31:30)
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