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Here are some of the Cappadocia coins in my collection:

 

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A very unique double struck mint error of Caracalla:

Province, City - Reign:  Cappadocia, Caesarea - Caracalla

Denomination:  AR Drachm

Mint:  Caesarea (Year 20 (K) = 212 – 213 AD)

Obverse: AYK M AYPHΛI ANTΩN(EINOC) CEB Λ, Laureate head right (double struck, rotated)

ReverseETK (exergue) over struck with part of base of Mount Argaeus; (MHT)PO KAICA,  Mount Argaeus, star on summit (double struck, rotated 90 degrees)

Exergue: ETK, Year 20 (K) = 212 – 213 AD

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Province, City - Reign:  Cappadocia, Caesarea - Gordian III

Denomination:  AR Drachm

Mint:  Caesarea (Year 4 (Δ) = 241 AD)

Obverse: AY KAI M ANT ΓOΡΔIANO CE, Laureate head right

ReverseMHTΡO KAICA B N, Mount Argaeus

Exergue: ETΔ, Year 4 (Δ) = 241 AD

References:  Ganschow 875 (b); Bland 1991 (a), -; RPC Online VII.2, 3283 (specimen #4)

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Province, City - Reign:  Cappadocia, Caesarea - Gordian III

Denomination:  AR Drachm

Mint:  Caesarea (Year 5 (E) = 242 AD)

Obverse: AY K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANO C, Laureate head right 

ReverseMHTΡO KAI B N E, Mount Argaeus, pellet to right

Exergue: ETE, Year 5 (E) = 242 AD

References:  Ganschow 898 (a); Bland 1991 (a), 67; RPC Online VII.2, 3375 (specimen #26)

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Province, City - Reign:  Cappadocia, Caesarea - Gordian III

Mint:  Caesarea (Year 6 (Ϛ) = 243 AD)  

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, Laureate head right

ReverseΜΗΤΡ(Ο ΚΑΙϹΑ Β Ν), Mount Argaeus set on inscribed altar, ΕΝΤ between altar

Exergue: ΕΤ Ϛ, Year 6 (Ϛ) = 243 AD

References: Ganschow 901-902; Bland 1996, 102, 102A, 178-179; RPC Online VII.2, 3389 (specimen #13)

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Province, City - Reign:  Cappadocia, Caesarea - Gordian III

Mint:  Caesarea (Year 6 (Ϛ) = 243 AD)  

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ (C), Laureate head right

ReverseΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν, Mount Argaeus set on altar containing wreath

Exergue: ΕΤ Ϛ, Year 6 (Ϛ) = 243 AD

References: Granschow 900 (b); Bland 1996, 168; Lindgren I, 1728; RPC Online VII.2, 3385 (specimen #10)

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Province, City - Reign:  Cappadocia, Caesarea - Severus Alexander

Mint:  Caesarea (Year 6 (Ϛ) = 226 - 227 AD) 

Obverse: ΑΥ Κ ϹΕΟΥΗ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ, Laureate head right

ReverseΜΗΤΡ ΚΑΙϹ, Three corn-ears tied together; ΕΤ Ϛ

References: Ganschow 824 (a-y); BMCG 20. 89. 318; Lindgren I, 1722; RPC Online VI, 6831 (specimen #38)

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Province, City - Reign:  Cappadocia, Caesarea-Eusebia - Nero

Denomination:  AR Didrachm

Mint:  Caesarea (59 – 60 AD)

Obverse: (NERO CL)AVD DIVI CLAVD F CAE(SAR AVG GERMANI), Laureate head right

ReverseARME-NIA(C), Victory advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left

References: RIC I, 615; BMCRE 405; Sydenham, Caesarea 81; RPC Online I, 3644 (specimen #14)

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Cappadocia, Kingdom of - Ariarathes IV Eusebes 

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Cappadocia, Kingdom of - Ariarathes IX Euserbes Philopator 

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Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios 

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My newest purchase.

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I somehow managed to miss this thread the first time around. Here are my own coins from Cappadocia:

Vespasian AR Didrachm, Caesarea, Province of Galatia-Cappadocia, Year 9 (AD 76-77). Obv. Laureate Head of Vespasian right, [ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ] ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΟΥЄϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ[ЄΒΑϹΤΟϹ] / Rev. Laureate Head of Titus right, [ΑΥΤ]Ο ΚΑΙ ΟΥЄϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ[ΟΥ ΥΙΟϹ]. 20 mm., 7.06 g., 1 hr. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. II Online 1650 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/2/1650); Sydenham 102 [E. Sydenham, The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1933 & 1978 Supp. by A.G. Malloy)]. Purchased from Roma Numismatics Ltd E-Sale 103, 24 Nov. 2022, Lot 737.

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Hadrian, AR Didrachm, 128-138 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ - ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ/ Rev. Club, handle at top, ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ ΠΑ-ΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟϹ [ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ = COS III, 128-138 AD; ΠΑΤΗΡ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟϹ = Pater Patriae]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 3109 (2015); RPC III Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3109 ; Sydenham 280 [E. Sydenham, The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1933)]; Metcalf, Caesarea 280 [Metcalf, W.E., The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus. ANSNNM (American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes & Monographs) No. 166 (New York 1996)]; SNG Von Aulock 6422 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von AulockVol. 3: Pisidia, Lycaonia, Cilicia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Cyprus, Imperial Cistophori, Posthumous Lysimachus, Alexander tetradrachms (Berlin, 1964)]; Ganschow 178d [Ganschow, T., Münzen von Kappadokien, Band 1 Konigreich und Kaisareia bis 192 n. Chr. (Istanbul 2018)]. 21 mm., 6.02 g. Double die match to CNG E-Auction 110, 16 Mar 2005, Lot 134. See https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/70825.

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Lucius Verus AR Didrachm 161-166 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia. Obv. Bare head right, ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΟϹ / Rev. Mt. Argaeus (or cult image of same), surmounted by statue of Helios standing three-quarters left with long scepter in left hand and globe in right; flames to left and right on sides of mountain; animal [deer?] bounding left at bottom far left of mountain in front of large rock; tree in front of large rock at bottom far right; smaller rock dotted with trees[?] at bottom center; ΥΠΑ-ΤΟϹ Β [= COS II].  RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Online Vol. IV.3 7027 (temp.) [rev. var.] (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7027);  Sydenham 352 [rev. var.] [Sydenham, E., The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (London 1933)]; Metcalf, Caesarea 131a [rev. var.] [Metcalf, W.E., The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus. ANSNNM (American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Notes & Monographs) No. 166 (New York 1996)]; Metcalf Hoard 694-718 & PL 39-40 [rev. var.] [see id.]; SNG von Aulock 6438 [rev. var.] [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia (Berlin 1962)]. 20 mm., 6.70 g., 6 h.

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1 hour ago, Sebastian said:

I’ve made my series of emperrors but only from coins of Cappadocia. I Think it’s really good.

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A magnificent collection! Well done!

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