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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2329702, member: 82616&quot;]Somehow, this little beauty made it through the East Coast blizzard from Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]472213[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Hemidrachm</p><p>Caesarea, Cappadocia mint, undated</p><p>RPC 1660 (4 spec.)</p><p>Obv: AYTOKP KAICAP OYЄCΠAIANOC CЄBA; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: No legend; Nike seated on globe, r., holding wreath in both hands</p><p><br /></p><p>All the hemidrachms from Caesarea were struck in &#039;local style&#039; and originate from that mint, as opposed to those coins in &#039;Roman style&#039; which were struck in Rome and shipped to Caesarea. Although undated they probably were minted in regnal year 9 (76/77). Two reverse types were struck for the hemidrachms - Nike advancing right and Nike on globe, the latter being the rarer of the two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nicely struck for the issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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