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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cappadocia| > RS93138
Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Caesarea, Cappadocia
|Cappadocia|, |Antoninus| |Pius,| |August| |138| |-| |7| |March| |161| |A.D.,| |Caesarea,| |Cappadocia|, Kayseri, Turkey was originally named Mazaca. It was renamed Eusebia by Ariarathes V Eusebes, King of Cappadocia, 163 - 130 B.C. The last king of Cappadocia, King Archelaus, renamed it "Caesarea in Cappadocia" to honor Caesar Augustus upon his death in 14 A.D. Muslim Arabs slightly modified the name into Kaisariyah, which became Kayseri when the Seljuk Turks took control, c. 1080 A.D.
RS93138. Silver drachm, RPC Online IV T6928 (8 spec.), Metcalf Cappadocia 120a, Sydenham Caesarea 299, SNG München 4657, BMC Galatia -, SNG Cop VII -, SNGvA -, aVF, toned, flow lines, reverse legend weak, bumps, scratches, edge cracks, Cappadocia, Caesarea (Kayseri, Turkey) mint, weight 2.441g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, die axis 180o, 139 A.D.; obverse AVTOKP ANTWNEINOC CEBACTOC, bare head right; reverse VΠATOC B (COS II), Mt. Argaios surmounted by statue of Helios standing facing, nude, globe in right hand, long scepter in left hand; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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