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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7846961, member: 19463&quot;]Nice coin and from the early period I find of greatest interest </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350774[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The type also comes in bronze:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350776[/ATTACH] </p><p>I enjoy the drachms of Caesarea and have several that bring up questions/observations.&nbsp; First, there are no year one ET A coins but ET B is one of the more common years.&nbsp; I am looking forward to an upcoming sale of a specialized collection of Caesarea which might shed some light on the matter.&nbsp; The reason there are no ET A coins is that the city was in the control of Pescennius Niger then and Severus was in year 2 when he took over there.&nbsp; Cities that did not declare for Septimius Severus and had supported Pescennius Niger were punished.&nbsp; Allowing one to issue silver coins in year two is not consistent with the idea of punishment.&nbsp; I am unclear on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also year 2 drachms of Caesarea with a Nike reverse.&nbsp; I show two because one is dated E R while the other (later?) is the standard ET R.&nbsp; Using the R form of Beta (those letters were commonly confused but lets remember that the Latin R sound was P in Greek and the people who made these coins were Greek speakers.&nbsp; I have assumed all of the mountain coins followed the Nike series.&nbsp; I am anxious to see what is in the collection to be sold if/when it is published.&nbsp; I won&#039;t be buying coins under current market conditions but I could get some answers.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350771[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1350772[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Another question I have is whether my observation that some years had many coins of Caesarea while others had none is supported. There are many ET E (5) but I lack that one for Septimius.&nbsp; ET IZ (17) is common.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350775[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The town also issued coins for Domna </p><p>Year 5 Aphrodite</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350781[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Year 5 Fortuna/Tyche</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350782[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>ET K under Caracalla - (I have seen fewer of these and want to see what comes to light in the future.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350783[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and Caracalla.</p><p>Year 5 (silver but toned black)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350785[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE year 13</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350786[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Now for the big question:&nbsp; The British Museum has relabeled their denarii previously known as &quot;Emesa&quot; to read &quot;Cappodocia&quot;.&nbsp; I do not understand or accept the move. The denarius production ceased about the time of the common ET E drachms and were in massive production in the period 194-196 which could explain the lack of drachms but I can&#039;t convince myself of the relationship between the two styles that would make me assign them to the same mint.&nbsp; Of course they could be two completely separate mints in the same city.&nbsp; There is too much here that is flying over my head.&nbsp; I still believe the denarii were more likely produced by mints travelling with Septimius but that is just a dream I prefer over listening to experts who insist on naming cities. Are the coins below (now listed in the BM as Cappadocia) related to the drachms?&nbsp; Are they proposing a different city neighboring Caesarea? Have they published an explanation I have missed? </p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o6/88/582688/1/136066702.MbmctwjD.rs0640bb1799.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o2/88/582688/1/106728483.N8GBDeRT.rs0880b00158lg.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o4/88/582688/1/125882671.XcEyTNjL.rs1870bb1564.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The more I learn, the less I &#039;know&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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