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Electronic Auction 487  10 Mar 2021
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Lot 354

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 1600 USD
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DECAPOLIS, Capitolias. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ (25mm, 12.63 g, 11h). Dated CY 108 (AD 204/5). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KAΠIAΩ (sic) MAK(δων) ΓЄ(νάρχης), draped bust of Alexander the Great right; H P (date) across field. Cf. Meshorer, City Coins 232 (Marcus Aurelius); Spijkerman 20; SNG ANS –; Rosenberger 14. Dark green patina under thick layer of earthen deposits. VF.

Ex Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 273, 8 February 2012), lot 149.

The reverse legend can be translated: "of the Capitolians, Alexander the Macedonian, the Ancestor."
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