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Coin ID #5891

Masikytes (AD 98-117) AR Drachm - Trajan

Trajan, 98-117 AD. AR Drachm (18.7mm, 3.53g), struck 98-99 AD. AYT KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM, laureate head right / ΔHM EΞ - YΠAT B, two three-stringed lyres side by side, owl above, a foot on each lyre. Nice EF, mint luster, fine bold portrait! Hoeft coll.

Masikytes, together with Kragoi, was one of the main regions of the Lycian League. Apollo/Lyre was the type of their coins.

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Filename:masozytes_trajan_SNGvonaulock4268.jpg
City/Mint name:Masikytes
Rating (1 votes):00000
Keywords:silver / roman
References:SGIC 1096; SNG von Aulock 4268; SNG Copenhagen 45
Valuation:$290, Forum Ancient Coins
Photo courtesy of:Forvm Ancient Coins - www.forumancientcoins.com
Filesize:102 KiB
Date added:May 07, 2009
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