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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Double Unit (33mm, 24.29 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 223/4). VF.Electronic Auction 603 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 2 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Double Unit (33mm, 24.29 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 223/4). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, gorgoneion on breastplate; holding scepter over left shoulder / Tyche seated facing, wearing mural crown, holding wreath and cornucopia; flanked by two tychai standing, wearing calathi, crowning her with wreathes; above, Mount Argaeus; ЄT Γ (date) in exergue. Ganschow, Münzen 743; RPC VI Online 6747; Sydenham, Caesarea –. Red-brown patina, roughness. VF. Extremely rare, finer than the one specimen known to Ganschow and RPC. Clear date. |
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