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Bronze - Æ 24-25 mm - 11,8 grams - Die axis 12:30. |
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[AYTOKP] NΕP TPAIANOC APICT CΕB ΓΕPM ΔAK] (Autokrator Ner. Traianos Aristos Sebastos Germanikos Dakikos - Imperator Nerva T. Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus). Laureate head right.
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[CΕΛ]ΕVKΕΩN ΠΕIΕPIAC / ZΕYC Λ / KACIOC (Seleukeon Peierias / Zeus L / Kasios).
Temple, drawn in depth, with a column on each corner. Widespread eagle on top of pointed (pyramidal) roof. Inside temple sacred stone of Zeus Kasios. Over it a 'roof' or two persons leaning over the stone.
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The cointypes of this city mainly relate to Zeus Keraunios and to Zeus Kasios, the latter a Semitic divinity identified with Zeus and honoured with annual festivals on Mount Kasios, south of Seleuceia. The thunderbolt was a cultus-object of Zeus Keraunios, and, according to one account, was connected with the foundation of the city.
Provincially minted in Seleukia Pieria, Syria.
Obv. : Excellent - Rev. : Good.
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