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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3242352, member: 56859"]Ken beat me to the punch <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848949[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up this coin a few months ago. The type is one I've wanted for a while and this one had clear enough devices and a reasonable price <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848950[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea</b></p><p><b>Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Trajan</b></p><p>AE 13 mm, 3.3 gm</p><p>Obv: turreted and draped bust of Tyche or city goddess to right</p><p>Rev: pyramid; ЄTIϚ (date) below; uncertain mark or object to left; MO-YΛ (I'm not sure of those letters and there may be more letters at ~12:00, mostly off flan)</p><p>Ref: (pending)</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverses of these coins seem to have the date (local calendar) and some have an abbreviation for a magistrate's name. I haven't yet found one with this year or markings but I haven't yet found the commonly cited book, Sydenham's The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1933). It doesn't seem to be available online. If you find a .pdf or other free online version, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the letters and their corresponding dates of similar coins from Caesarea, the date of my coin may be year 16 of Trajan, ~113 CE.</p><p><br /></p><p>More Floyd fun:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pinkfloydanimalscompositemed-jpg.298714/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And an Antinous:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antinouspb-rt-jpg.461580/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Antinoöpolis. Antinous</b></p><p>2nd-3rd centuries CE</p><p>PB tessera, 25 mm, 7.63 gm, 11h</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Antinous right, wearing hem-hem crown; crescent before, AN behind</p><p>Rev: Serapis standing right, head left, raising hand and holding scepter; to left, ЄYC/YBA/[...]</p><p>Ref: <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=292087" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=292087" rel="nofollow">Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 759 (same dies)</a>; Milne –; Dattari (Savio) –; Köln –[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3242352, member: 56859"]Ken beat me to the punch :D. [ATTACH=full]848949[/ATTACH] I picked up this coin a few months ago. The type is one I've wanted for a while and this one had clear enough devices and a reasonable price :). [ATTACH=full]848950[/ATTACH] [B]CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Trajan[/B] AE 13 mm, 3.3 gm Obv: turreted and draped bust of Tyche or city goddess to right Rev: pyramid; ЄTIϚ (date) below; uncertain mark or object to left; MO-YΛ (I'm not sure of those letters and there may be more letters at ~12:00, mostly off flan) Ref: (pending) The reverses of these coins seem to have the date (local calendar) and some have an abbreviation for a magistrate's name. I haven't yet found one with this year or markings but I haven't yet found the commonly cited book, Sydenham's The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1933). It doesn't seem to be available online. If you find a .pdf or other free online version, please let me know. Based on the letters and their corresponding dates of similar coins from Caesarea, the date of my coin may be year 16 of Trajan, ~113 CE. More Floyd fun: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pinkfloydanimalscompositemed-jpg.298714/[/IMG] And an Antinous: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antinouspb-rt-jpg.461580/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Antinoöpolis. Antinous[/B] 2nd-3rd centuries CE PB tessera, 25 mm, 7.63 gm, 11h Obv: draped bust of Antinous right, wearing hem-hem crown; crescent before, AN behind Rev: Serapis standing right, head left, raising hand and holding scepter; to left, ЄYC/YBA/[...] Ref: [URL='http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=292087']Peus 386 (26 April 2006), lot 759 (same dies)[/URL]; Milne –; Dattari (Savio) –; Köln –[/QUOTE]
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