103-111 AD., Trajan, Rome mint for province of Cyrenaica, Æ 30 / Sestertius, BMC 112 (Caesarea).
Trajan, Rome mint for province of Cyrenaica, 103-111 AD., (dated for fifth consulship of Trajan),
Æ 30 / Sestertius(?) (ø 29-30 mm / 20,95 g), brass ("orichalcum"), axes coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°), small flan crack at nine o’clock on obverse,
Obv.: AYT[OKP..] KAIC NЄP TPAIANOC CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK , his laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder.
Rev.: ΔHMAPX - ЄX YΠAT Є , horned and bearded head of Zeus-Ammon right.
Sydenham, Caesarea 232 ; for attribution to Cyrene cf. Metcalf, Silver p. 83, note 1 ; Kindler 5 (Arabia, Bostra) ; BMC p. 59, 112 (Caesarea in Cappadocia) ; Lindgren I 1703 (Cyrene) .
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