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ID:     10-064
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     Cappadocia
City:     Caesarea
Issuer:     Vespasian
Date Ruled:     69-79
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Didrachm
Date Struck:     69-79
Diameter:     21.3 mm
Weight:     6.63 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Legend:     AVTOKPA KAICAP OVЄCΠACIANOC CEBACTOC
Obverse Description:     Laureate head right
Reverse Legend:     ΔOMЄTIANOC KAICAP CЄBA YIO ЄT Θ
Reverse Description:     Domitian, togate, standing left, holding olive branch
Primary Reference:     RPC 1651 var
Reference2:     Metcalf 6d var
Reference3:     Sydenham 112 var
Photograph Credit:     Agora Auctions, Inc.
Source:     http://agoraauctions.com
Grade:     gVF
Notes:     (1) Agora Auction 10: Lot No. 64; (2) This reverse legend, with CЄBA, instead of CЄB, is not listed in the standard references. Both Metcalf and Sydenham record the obverse legend variation ΔOMЄTIANOC instead of ΔOMITIANOC, but oddly, RPC II does not.