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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 25143340, member: 135271&quot;]Just identified and photographed this coin which arrived in a group lot I won last month. Took me awhile to identify, because I was searching for &#039;horses&#039; instead of &#039;quadriga&#039;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1603325[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><i>PHRYGIA, APAMEA</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE (18.62mm, 5.65g, 12h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head of Augustus right; countermark of cornucopia containing three poppy heads and corn ears?, in wreath, within incuse circle</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΑΙΟΣ ΜΑΣΩΝΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Gaius Caesar in facing quadriga, holding a staff and crowned by a small Nike</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RPC 3129.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Smooth dark patina with some earthen deposits. An interesting type depicting Gaius Caesar, grandson and heir of Augustus, who died unexpectedly in AD 4.</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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