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Caligula AE15, Tomis, Thrace.
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ΓAIOC KAICAP, laureate head right
TOM - HΓH - TOPI - ΔOY, winged caduceus
AMNG 2579 .
Located in modern day Romania on the coast of the Black Sea Tomis ( Constanţa), was founded by Greek traders around the 6th century BC.
It is the town celebrated by Ovid in his poems after his exile there in 8 AD by Augustus.
The town was later renmaed Constantiana after the half sister of Constantine the Great, Constantia. This is the modern name of the town.
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