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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 3077509, member: 58462&quot;]Awesome pickup David!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my didrachm.&nbsp; I believe I was the only bidder for this one!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]774386[/ATTACH] </p><p>Vespasian, with Titus as Caesar. Cappadocia, Caesarea-Eusebia mint, struck 76/77 C.E. AR Didrachm (23mm, 7.16 g, 12h). Provincial style, Dated RY 9.</p><p>O: Laureate head right; Greek legend, AYTOKPA (Emperor) KAICAP (Caesar) OYECΠACIANOC (Vespasian) CEBACTOC (Augustus) </p><p>R: Titus, laureate and in military outfit, standing facing, holding spear and parazonium; Greek legend TITOC (Titus) AYTOKPATWP (Emperor) KAICAP (Caesar) ET Θ in exergue (ETOYC is the Greek word for year. Regnal Year Θ or theta the 9th letter of greek alphabet.) RPC 1649; Sydenham, Caesarea 72. From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>A rather rare coin. The British Museum has 2 specimens, this is only the 2nd example I have ever seen on the market. RPC 1649 lists two other examples with ETOYC abbreviated as ET: Berlin ex Imhoof, published by him in Swiss Num. Review 1898; and Seaby&#039;s Bulletin, Sept. 1982, D 75.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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