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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Members Auction Listed| > MA95506
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Caesarea, Cappadocia
|Members| |Auction| |Listed|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |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.
MA95506. Silver hemidrachm, cf. Sydenham Caesarea 260; SNGvA 6414; SNG Cop 223; BMC Galatia p. 62, 146, aF/Fair, porous, tight flan, Cappadocia, Caesarea (Kayseri, Turkey) mint, weight 1.612g, maximum diameter 13.5mm, die axis 0o, 121 - 122 A.D.(?); obverse AYTO KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC CEBACT, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right hand, palm frond in left hand; SOLD











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