CAPPADOCIA. Caesaraea-Eusebia. Vespasian, 69-79. AE (Bronze, 25 mm, 11.15 g, 12 h). [ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹЄΒΑϹ ΟΥЄϹΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ] Laureate head of Vespasian to right; on neck, countermark: L XII in rectangular punch. Rev. [ЄΠΙ Μ ΝЄΡΑ ΠΑΝϹΑ ΠΡЄϹΒ / ЄΤ Ι] Mount Argaios surmounted by statue of Sol-Helios (?), radiate, holding globe in his right hand and long scepter in his left. Cf. RPC II 1674 ff. (differing legends). For countermark, Howgego 737. Thick deposits, otherwise, fair.


This countermark was applied by the Legio XII Fulminata, based at Melitene near Caesaraea