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A bronze coin of Caesarea in Cappadocia showing Tyche and a baetyl. Coin Type: Bronze AE14 of Caesarea in Cappadocia
Mint and Date: Caesarea, 99 or 102 CE
Size and Weight: 13mm x 14mm, 1.99g
Obverse: Draped and turreted bust of Tyche right.
Reverse: Pyramidical baetyl.
ЄT to left, B or Є to right.
Provenance: saxbys-coins (eBay), November 2009
Ref: Sydenham 241.
BW Ref: 001 044 150
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Note: The pyramid may be a stylized representation of Mount Argaeus, which appears in its rocky form on other coins of Caesarea.

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