CILICIA, Mopsouestia-Mopsos. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ (19mm, 4.79 g, 1h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). Good VF.

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Lot: 253.
Closing Date: Nov 6 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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CILICIA, Mopsouestia-Mopsos. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ (19mm, 4.79 g, 1h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). Laureate head right / Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; Γ (date) behind. Ganschow, Münzen X2a (Cappadocia, Caesarea); Sydenham, Caesarea 58 (Cappadocia, Caesarea); RG 73 (Pontus, Amisus); RPC I 4084 (Cilicia, Uncertain Caesarea); BMC 5 (Cilicia, Anazarbus). Green patina, light cleaning scratches. Good VF.

As can be seen from the references cited, the attribution of this coin type has never been certain. B. Tehberer in “A Series of Coins from an Uncertain Caesarea,” (The Numismatic Chronicle 175, 2015), p. 47-55, argues convincingly that these coins were struck at Mopsos during a brief period (circa AD 45-51) when the city called itself Caesarea.

Closing Date and Time: 6 November 2024 at 11:24:00 ET.

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