Fontanille Coins
Auction 89 17 November 2016
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City of Capitolias (Decapolis) AE 26 mm struck year 189 C.E. under Commodus (Spij. 15, Ros. 11) 10.60 g.
A beautiful example and certainly one of the finest known. This coin gives tribute to its founder Alexander the Great with a youthful portrait. The people of Capitolia here proclaim that they are descendants of Alexander the Great with the legend KAΠI AΛЄΞ MAKЄ ΓЄNAP ("of the people of Capitolias, descendants of Alexander")
Est. $1000-1200
A beautiful example and certainly one of the finest known. This coin gives tribute to its founder Alexander the Great with a youthful portrait. The people of Capitolia here proclaim that they are descendants of Alexander the Great with the legend KAΠI AΛЄΞ MAKЄ ΓЄNAP ("of the people of Capitolias, descendants of Alexander")
Est. $1000-1200