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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8279256, member: 26430&quot;]Nice set of Caesarea clubs!</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any silver coinage of Caesarea, but I appreciate it from a distance in my nice little copy of Sydenham (1933) <i>The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>As a reference, the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sydenham%20caesarea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sydenham%20caesarea" rel="nofollow">1978 hardcover reprint</a> is cheaper and better, as it includes Alex Malloy&#039;s supplement. I bought my copy as a duplicate from the ANS Library from one of their regular ebay auctions. The 1933 ed. was originally softcover, so Philadelphia coin dealers David Bullowa (<a href="http://numismatics.org/authority/bullowa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/authority/bullowa" rel="nofollow">1912-1953</a>) or Catherine Bullowa (<a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n21a09.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n21a09.html" rel="nofollow">1919-2017</a>) must&#039;ve had it custom bound. (A.N.E. also has a <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_numismatic_enterprise/9/product/the_coinage_of_caesarea_in_cappadocia_by_edward_a_sydenham__bruce_r_brace_exlibris/904928/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_numismatic_enterprise/9/product/the_coinage_of_caesarea_in_cappadocia_by_edward_a_sydenham__bruce_r_brace_exlibris/904928/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">similar copy ex Bruce Brace library</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462018[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, it seems like only one club reverse is illustrated in Sydenham 1933 (pp. 51-52, No. 126, Fig. 37), one of the Domitian Didrachms:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462021[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a great Commodus-Herakles denarius. I usually only see very worn ones. The detail on the club and bow-case are really interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got one of the club &amp; bow-case reverses (not as nice) as well as one of the club-in-wreath reverses. I really like both of those. For all of Commodus&#039; craziness, it meant he produced some interesting varieties of Imperial coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately neither is at home and I don&#039;t have good photos. I believe the one below is ex Jencek (JHE) Auction 15 (12 Nov 2013), 100, but I&#039;m just inserting as a thumbnail because I need to confirm next time I get it from the safety deposit box (or just build a vault at home!).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1462017[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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