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| Trajan (AD 98-117). Seleuceia Pieria Æ26 / Tyche? |
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Attribution: RPC III 3788
Date: AD 98-117
Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head right
Reverse: CƐΛƐVKEωN ΠE-IEPIAC, Tyche? seated left on throne, right hand resting on rudder, holding thunderbolt (?) in her left hand; Γ in upper inner left field
Size: 24.59mm
Weight: 13.55 grams
Rarity:  8
Description: VF, Rare, with no examples in Coin Archives. The RPC example clearly shows the personification of Tyche with traditional turreted headdress, however, the reverse personification on this example is clearly veiled. I suspect this is actually Demeter, a variant of this already rare type.
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