EASTERN CILICIA or NORTHERN SYRIA, Uncertain Caesarea. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ (26mm, 12.52 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 46).

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

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EASTERN CILICIA or NORTHERN SYRIA, Uncertain Caesarea. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ (26mm, 12.52 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 46). Bare head right / Tyche seated right on rocks, holding grain ears; below, river-god swimming right. RPC I 4086; BMC 4 (Anazarbus in Cilicia); De Saulcy 1 (Caesarea Panias in Judaea); MG 182 (Caesarea in Cappadocia). Dark green patina, a few light scratches and marks beneath the patina. VF.

As witnessed in the references above, there has been no shortage of speculation about which Caesarea this issue belongs to. Finds in eastern Cilicia and northern Syria seem to exclude the Judaean and Cappadocian Caesareas, and the style and fabric fit nicely with eastern Cilician mints. Anazarbus would then seem like the logical choice, but the dating system used on this issue would be entirely out of character for the mint.

Closing Date and Time: 12 February 2020 at 11:37:20 ET.

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