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Lot 81. Traian AE As, Antioch, countermarked

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Traian AE As, Antioch, countermarked

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eAuction #47, Lot 81. Estimate: CHF 180.00

Trajan (98-117 AD). Æ As (25-26 mm, 15.23 g). Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch. Struck AD 116-117.
Obv. AYTOKR KAIC NEP TPAIANOC APICT CEB ΓEP ΔAK ΠAPΘ, Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind.
Rev. Large S C, C below; all within laurel wreath.
McAlee 496; for countermark, see Howgego 378.

Laurel branch countermark on obverse. Unusually complete. Good very fine.

Howgego notes that the laurel branch countermark appears as an undertype on a Bar Kochba bronze, indicating that it was applied prior to 132-135 AD.



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